Kot is among millions of Ukrainians who are bracing for another winter of power cuts and possibly blackouts as Russia renewed its campaign of attacks on the country’s energy grid. Analysts and officials say that this year Moscow has shifted tactics, targeting specific regions and gas infrastructure.

On October 18, 2025, in Moscow, Russia, a video captured firefighters rescuing pigeons trapped during a warehouse fire in the village of Oktyabrsky, Lyubertsy urban district. The blaze, which spread across approximately 600 square meters,

Nor is Russia able to reroute its electrons from the export market to domestic consumption. Electricity exports to China have all but collapsed (down over 70% from 2024 levels). The system operator now openly floats importing power from China to keep the lights on in the east while new plants and lines are built.

Trump-Putin summit cancelled over Moscow’s red lines - US and Russian leaders were reported to be meeting in Budapest this week to discuss Ukraine

A Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s massive Orenburg gas complex has disrupted production in Kazakhstan and heightened momentum behind the EU’s plan to end Russian gas imports by 2028.

Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war on the current battlelines, with Moscow holding a huge swathe of eastern Ukraine.

More than three and a half years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe is still grappling with its energy security by diversifying its oil and gas imports away from Moscow and toward other markets.

As Moscow steps up its hybrid onslaught against the Baltic states, local Russian-speaking populations present a potential weak spot to exploit. Russian is the mother tongue of roughly one-quarter and one-third of the populations of Estonia and Latvia,

The allegations of Cuban mercenaries fighting for Russia in Ukraine may sound new, but for Cuba, this kind of involvement is business as usual. In 1963, Cuba sent soldiers to Algeria to participate in a conflict with Morocco. That year, Cuba irregularly established compulsory military service, which would be formalized and strengthened in 1973.

Russia said its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, tasked with preparing a summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a "constructive" conversation on Monday.