Until this weekend, the prevailing narrative in the Russia-Ukraine war was that Vladimir Putin was on the back foot.

NATO allies increasingly study Ukraine's wartime innovations in drones and defense production as the alliance prepares for its July summit in Ankara.

Russia’s Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov launched a blistering attack on the West, claiming Ukraine has become a “testing ground” for European weapons and AI-driven warfare. Speaking at a CIS security meeting,

Russia used a powerful hypersonic missile that has nuclear capabilities to carry out a massive attack Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine is urging Brussels to open all six negotiation clusters for its EU accession already in June, ahead of the previously indicated July timeline, warning that the country is already falling behind its planned accession schedule.

The Czech Republic's initiative to ​arrange large-calibre ammunition supplies to Ukraine has contracts to deliver around 1 million rounds in 2026, the ‌Czech defence ministry said, months after the programme was nearly cancelled under the country's new government.

A hypersonic missile, which reportedly travels over 10 times the speed of sound, was used, Russia has confirmed.

Investors continue to disregard the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, despite the possible ramifications on energy markets and the global economy.

On May 25, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov placed a phone call to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The substance of what Lavrov said in that call has now been confirmed by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s own readout and tracked across multiple Western and Ukrainian outlets.