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Russian air defenses intercept 151 drones as Geneva peace talks open

Russia said its air defense systems shot down 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, hours before Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva for a new round of US mediated peace negotiations. The strikes targeted areas in southern Russia and annexed Crimea, igniting a major oil refinery fire and injuring......

North Korea opens housing complex for families of soldiers killed in Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday presided over the inauguration of a new residential district in Pyongyang designated for families of soldiers who died during overseas military operations, state news agency KCNA reported. The project represents the latest public gesture by the government to......

Ukraine heads to Geneva for third US mediated peace talks

A Ukrainian delegation departed for Geneva on Monday for a third round of trilateral negotiations with Russia and the United States scheduled for February 17 and 18, as efforts continue to advance talks that have yet to yield a breakthrough on key issues, including territorial control in eastern Ukraine. Kyrylo......

UK says Russia relying on foreign fighters as losses mount

Russia is increasingly turning to foreign fighters to sustain its war in Ukraine as mounting battlefield losses outpace its ability to replenish troops, British Defence Secretary John Healey said at the Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2026. His remarks followed updated British intelligence......

Ukraine detains former energy minister in sweeping corruption probe

Ukraine’s former energy minister Herman Halushchenko was detained late Saturday while attempting to leave the country by train, anti corruption authorities said, in a dramatic escalation of one of the most far reaching graft investigations of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tenure. The National......

Russia claims capture of twelve villages in Eastern Ukraine in February

Russia’s military leadership has announced further territorial gains in eastern Ukraine, stating that its forces seized a dozen villages during the first half of February amid ongoing hostilities. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov recently visited......

US envoy says China holds leverage to end Ukraine war

The United States ambassador to NATO told world leaders at the Munich Security Conference that China remains the pivotal actor capable of influencing the course of the war in Ukraine, arguing that Beijing’s economic and technological support has sustained Russia’s military campaign. Speaking......

Hungary calls Ukraine enemy in Druzhba pipeline dispute

A Russian airstrike on January 27 damaged critical infrastructure along the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline, halting the flow of Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia and triggering a diplomatic clash between Budapest and Kyiv ahead of Hungary’s parliamentary elections. Ukrainian......

Germany says it has exhausted available weapons stocks for Ukraine

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Thursday that Berlin has run out of weapons from existing stockpiles that can be supplied to Ukraine, warning that “nothing remains in storage that can be delivered” as NATO defense ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss continued support for......