Europe
Ukraine downs all 27 drones used in Russian overnight attack, air force says
Ukraine’s forces destroyed all 27 Russian attack drones launched overnight, Ukraine’s Air Force chief said on Friday. “As a result of the ...Ukraine pierces Russian border, triggering fierce clashes
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly Reuters Russia said on Wednesday it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces that had penetrated ...Russia says forces repel Ukrainian armoured raid in Kursk region
Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine had launched an armoured assault into Russia’s southern Kursk region, but Moscow’s forces had responded and ...Russian troops inch forward in Ukraine’s east with waves of bombs and infantry
By Anastasiia Malenko and Max Hunder Reuters Russian assaults are raising pressure on the strategic eastern logistics hub of Pokrovsk, Ukraine said ...Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan released in Russia-West prisoner swap
By Andrew Osborn, Filipp Lebedev, Lucy Papachristou and Trevor Hunnicutt Reuters Russia freed U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan on Thursday ...Arsonists attack French railways hours before Olympic ceremony
By Dominique Vidalon and Elizabeth Pineau Reuters Vandals targeted France’s high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major ...Putin meets Syria’s Assad in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin, the president’s press service said on Thursday. “I am very ...Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world ...Russia and Ukraine exchange 95 prisoners of war each in latest deal
Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of prisoners on Wednesday, 190 in all, in their third such swap over the past seven weeks, ...At NATO summit, allies move to counter Russia, bolster Ukraine
By John Irish , Sabine Siebold and Idrees Ali Reuters The United States will start deploying longer range missiles in Germany in ...














