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Russian-controlled officials installed in occupied Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, said Wednesday that a massive fire at a military base in Kirovske forced thousands of people to evacuate and shut down a major highway nearby.

Russia launched an intense series of night-time air attacks with drones and missiles, Ukrainian officials said.

Artificial intelligence will change the world of espionage, but it won´t replace the need for human spies, the head of Britain´s MI6 says.

A Russian paramilitary group called COSI said in a Sunday post on the messaging platform Telegram that hundreds of “experienced” Wagner Group mercenaries are pouring into the Central African Republic (CAR) to “ensure security” ahead of a July 30 referendum that could give President Faustin-Archange Touadera a third term in office.

Moscow police told Russian state media on Tuesday they have arrested a man who tried to set the tomb of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin on fire with a Molotov cocktail.

The war in Ukraine has “tragically become a battle lab” testing lethal weapons that will inform the future structure and composition of Britain’s armed forces, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Tuesday.

A Russian overnight strike damaged port infrastructure facilities in southern Ukraine’s Odesa, Kyiv’s military said on Tuesday.

Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia´s mainland was halted on Monday after reports of explosions.

During Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that Ukraine would become a member of NATO in the future.

Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” gave President Joe Biden “credit” for expanding and revitalizing NATO.

Ukraine said fighting had “intensified” on the eastern front as Russian President Vladimir Putin deemed Kyiv’s counteroffensive a failure.

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson had always been wrong in opposing the U.S. support for Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia “reserves the right” to deploy cluster bombs if Ukraine uses the weapons supplied by President Biden.

Redoubling financial backing for Ukraine in its war with Russia is the “single best” way to aid the global economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday.

Belarus said that instructors from Russia’s Wagner forces were training its troops, following weeks of uncertainty about the group’s future.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s complaint about the slow pace of a NATO invitation for his country annoyed the U.S. and other allies.

Former President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden for “dragging us further toward World War III,” after he authorized mobilizing military reservists to active duty to support the Ukraine War.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Friday pressured members of the federal lawmaking body, the Duma, to pass laws to address the existence of private military companies, a response to the brief attempted uprising by Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said Thursday on NewsNation’s “Cuomo” that he would increase the military aid the United States is giving Ukraine. Anchor Chris Cuomo asked, “You are president the war

President Joe Biden on Thursday authorized the Pentagon to call reservists to active duty “for the effective conduct” of U.S. military support to Ukraine.

President Joe Biden on Thursday said he’s serious about pursuing a prisoner exchange for a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days.

A senior Russian lawmaker ominously told reporters on Wednesday that General Sergei Surovikin, a top Russian military leader who has not been seen in public since the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) staged a brief uprising against the Russian armed forces in late June, was “currently resting.”

Russian spymaster claims hour-long call with CIA director Burns to talk about the Wagner rebellion and “what should be done about Ukraine”. 

President Biden arrived in Finland for U.S.-Nordic Summit, his final stop on a three-nation European tour, returning to the U.S. tonight.

Ukraine air defenses shot down 20 Iranian-made drones fired by Russia mostly at the Kyiv region Thursday night.

President Joe Biden boasted Wednesday at a NATO gathering in Vilnius that the United States has given more money to Ukraine than all other nations combined.

Chinese state media on Tuesday pounced on U.S. shipments of cluster munitions to Ukraine as proof the American-led “rules-based international order” is just a “mafia-style” hypocritical racket. 

Senator Angus King (I-ME) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “screwed up royalty” by invading Ukraine, which has increased NATO membership.

NATO is “more united than ever”, Ukraine is on a path to membership, and is now treated as an equal to NATO, it was said in Vilnius.

The Russian news agency Tass reported on Tuesday that the government of communist China is preparing for a visit by Russian strongman Vladimir Putin in October.

Momentarily lost in his own words after he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “Vladimir”, the forename of his Russian enemy.

The war in Ukraine will not end until the West stops trying to defeat Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), a Republican presidential candidate, said Tuesday on FNC’s “You World” that former President Donald Trump’s claim he could end the Ukraine war in a day was “ridiculous.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be unhappy with reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit currently underway in Vilnius, Lithuania will culminate with an offer of increased support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, but not an offer of full membership in NATO.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine was needed because the nation would have been “defenseless” without it.