From the front-line city of Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk, to Zaporizhzhia in the south, there is little doubt that Russia is making advances. But, battlefield monitors suggest the picture is not quite so bleak for Ukraine as Trump and Putin suggest.

Moscow and Beijing have been discussing ways to expand Russian oil exports to China, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.

Ukraine would be reduced to Russia ’s “tethered goat” if Trump’s peace plan is implemented, according to a former head of MI6. Sir Alex Younger said the US president’s proposal was "lopsided" in favour of Russia and would "almost guarantee" another invasion of Ukraine by Putin.

European leaders are set to meet in South Africa on Saturday to hash out alternatives to a U.S. plan to halt Russia's war in Ukraine seen as favoring Moscow, while a top Ukrainian delegation prepares for direct talks with Washington.

Russian air defences shot down 10 drones en route to Moscow on Monday (Nov 25), the Defence Ministry said, a day after a Ukrainian strike on a power plant cut off heating in a town near the capital.From 8am to 8pm Moscow time (1pm to 1am SGT),

A UK patrol ship has intercepted a Russian corvette and a tanker after shadowing them through the English Channel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday, adding that Russian naval activity around UK waters had increased by 30% over the past two years.

EADaily, November 24th, 2025. In Moscow, a 16-year-old, a native of Azerbaijan, wounded a security guard and attacked two policemen in a shopping center. The reason for the aggression was the remark made to him,