Rosenergoatom, which operates the nuclear plant, said this was "yet another act of aggression by the Ukrainian Armed Forces"

Russian regions are dramatically increasing the amount of money they pay to new military recruits as analysts say “ideological” recruitment campaigns are no longer enough to motivate people to fight in Ukraine.

The soldier took up arms a decade ago to defend her home region, Donetsk, where Ukraine has been battling Russian-backed forces since 2014. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the region has become synonymous with Ukraine’s fight for survival. Battlefield developments in Donetsk are considered a gauge of each side’s fortunes in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian forces had captured almost 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield.

At the specific request of then-Vice President Joe Biden, the CIA buried an embarrassing intelligence report detailing the poor view the Ukrainian government took of his diplomatic efforts and

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 550 munitions into the country overnight in Moscow's latest deadly long-range barrage.

A missile ship, a radar station and an oil refinery were among the Russian assets hit in Ukraine’s latest drone attacks, according to Kyiv. The oil facility struck overnight is one of Russia’s largest, as Kyiv continues its attacks on energy infrastructure, causing gasoline shortages across the country.

A 22-year-old Indian national, who was allegedly fighting for the Russian army, was reportedly captured by Ukrainian forces.