Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming that Ukrainian forces are surrounded by the Russian army in two key eastern cities and is offering to negotiate a deal for their surrender

Defense Ministry claims its forces capture village of Chunyshyne in Donetsk, as well as Poltavka village in Zaporizhzhia region - Anadolu Ajansı

In addition to the economic warfare, Ukraine’s long-range strikes on refineries had by last month destroyed or damaged about 20 percent of Russia’s refining capacity, according to one analyst. That has caused severe gasoline shortages in several regions, as Ukraine tries to bring the pain of war to ordinary Russians.

Analysts tell Al Jazeera that Europe lacks an assertive response to Russia’s suspected operations. Europe is unprepared to counteract a new chapter of Russian military and intelligence activities in the Baltic and North Seas, experts have told Al Jazeera.

The United States hit Russia’s major oil companies with sanctions on Wednesday and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major training exercise involving nuclear arms.

It’s a very big day in terms of what we’re doing,” Trump said. “These are tremendous sanctions. They’re big, these are against their two big oil companies and we hope they won’t be on for long. We hope that the war will be settled.

Ukraine could soon receive some long-range Tomahawk missiles, vice president JD Vance has said, adding that Donald Trump will make the “final decision” on the deal. Volodymyr Zelensky asked the US to sell the highly coveted weapons to European nations ...

The Battle of Britain ended 85 years ago today—closing a months-long air war with clear parallels to the ongoing fight in the skies over Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has deployed about 170,000 troops in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, aiming to capture the city of Pokrovsk