At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

In a speech in Berlin, Rutte said too many allies of the military alliance did not feel the urgency of Russia's threat in Europe and that they must rapidly increase defence spending and production to prevent a war on the scale of that seen by past generations.

LONDON -- Ukraine and Russia continued to exchange cross-border drone attacks overnight into Wednesday morning, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team prepared to present their latest peace plan proposal to the U.S.

Some Danes say they are worried about security because of what they see as the growing threat from Russia and concerns over the reliability of the Trump White House as an ally.

Undisclosed appendices to current peace proposals detail the Trump administration’s plan to unlock frozen Russian funds held in Europe and bring Moscow in from the cold.

After the latest restriction on the internet, officials describe receiving “many” letters from children wanting access to the game-creation platform restored.

During a visit to Vietnam, Shoigu, who is now secretary of Russia ’s Security Council, told reporters of the emergence of "embryos of NATO in the East," which could threaten Russia and members of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations). Newsweek has contacted NATO for comment.

Russia, the US and UK are among the cheapest countries in the world to create fake online accounts, according to the first tool created to track a key component of the digital “manipulation economy”.

Ukrainian forces were fending off an unusually large Russian mechanised attack inside the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv's military said on Wednesday, a battle taking place as the U.S. presses for an agreement to end Russia's war in Ukraine.