1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (139+ words) " " " "! Mass mobilisation drills have been held in Russia's Volgograd Oblast, with relevant officials from neighbouring regional administrations invited to attend. Russia claims such drills are held annually. Source: Radio Liberty's Russian service Quote: "Seventeen people are taking part in the…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (136+ words) " " " "! Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that he has a "feeling" that the United States could change its approach to ending the war in Ukraine and that Russia is committed to the "understandings" reached in Anchorage. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago  (404+ words) " " " "! Politico has reported that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised European Council President Ant'nio Costa at a closed-door meeting of EU leaders over his contact with the Kremlin. Source: European Pravda, citing Politico Details: During the…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago  (205+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Hungary's Prime Minister P'ter Magyar have spoken on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels Source: European Pravda, citing Magyar on X (Twitter) Details: In his post about the first day of the summit,…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (230+ words) " " " "! Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, 401 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian military personnel against Ukrainian civilians have been recorded. The actual number may be higher, as these are only the cases that victims have been able to…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago  (203+ words) Trump thought Ukraine is losing but changed his mind after G7 summit " " French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken about a shift in the position of his US counterpart Donald Trump regarding Russia's war against Ukraine following the G7 summit Source: Macron in…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago  (176+ words) Kremlin spokesperson said Russia's air defence system worked well after the drone attack on an oil refinery in Moscow. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said a day after the drone attack that Russia's air defences worked well despite everything Source:…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago  (169+ words) EU leaders have agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for 12 months for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war, rather than six as had previously been the case. Details: The decision was taken following a meeting of…...

7+ hour, 50+ min ago  (288+ words) " " " "! President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking at a meeting of the European Council, has called on EU leaders to open the remaining five clusters in the accession negotiation process with Ukraine in June, before the end of Cyprus's presidency. Details: Zelenskyy noted…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago  (224+ words) " " " "! Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has stressed that Ukraine is carrying out long-range strikes against Russia using domestically produced weapons and has once again called on Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to end the war. Source: Sybiha on X (Twitter) Quote:…...