Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West against escalating the war in Ukraine, saying Moscow is prepared to use “all weapons” in its arsenal — including nuclear — if its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad comes under attack.

It called the attempt to crash the plane “a terrorist act”. American and Saudi media identified the co-pilot as an Omani citizen named Hamam al-Hammami, and quoted officials, diplomats and his now-deleted X account showing he held extreme Islamist views.

Russia suffered its highest losses of 2026 in September, when 46,230 of its soldiers were killed or wounded, according to the Ukrainian military. The new record comes after Russian casualties of about 40,

A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine will keep striking Russian refineries despite Trump's calls to spare energy targets.

The war will end with the victory of Ukraine,” one demographer told NBC News. “Otherwise there will be no Ukraine, otherwise there is nothing to talk about.”

Ukraine’s president says he requested his US counterpart to impose sanctions on companies involved in developing ‘Rassvet’

Russia says it will keep carrying out strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities and has urged foreign nationals and diplomats to leave the capital.