Neither the Kremlin nor the CIA have commented on the visit

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The United Nations and the International Red Cross are urging countries to adopt bans and restrictions on autonomous weapons systems, often called killer robots

Ratcliffe’s purpose and meetings in Russia are not immediately clear but it marks the first known trip from a US spy chief since November 2021

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The 33-year-old was previously described as someone who was ‘not a fighter’

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The UK is providing Ukraine with the blueprints to long-range SCALP missiles, the prime minister announced in Kyiv

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has expressed frustration over unsolicited beauty advice

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Kyiv has increasingly targeted online retail logistics centres, accusing them of providing support to the Russian armed forces

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Ukrainian drones spark fire at a logistics hub belonging to online retailer Ozon, after weeks of attacks targeting Wildberries

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Search for survivors continues with nine people still missing following two strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih

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Andrey Kelin reportedly left his role in July

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The suspect is accused of being a member of a team of Ukrainian divers that allegedly planted explosives on the pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022

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The U.S. and South Korean militaries are wrapping their annual drills six days earlier than initially scheduled in a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea

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Decision comes despite the Iran war showing the need for the U.S. to learn lessons about drone warfare from Ukraine

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Putin’s posturing is a poor attempt to scare off broader Western support for Kyiv, say experts. Suha Kidwai reports

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Crisis is the Kremlin’s ‘biggest domestic challenge’ since the outbreak of war against Ukraine, say experts

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Nine people, including two children, are missing following Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian mall, according to local official

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Ukraine increasingly contributes battlefield-tested designs and operational knowledge, while Britain can provide engineering expertise, industrial capacity, certification, capital and access to international markets

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Anti-corruption bodies continue to scalp high-ranking Ukrainian officials amid a widening graft probe. James C. Reynolds and Alex Croft report

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Analysts say that Putin could seize assets if cash is needed for his stalling invasion

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies are investigating senior officials in President Zelenskyy's office

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Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine faces ‘systemic crisis of governance’

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Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks

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Poland says it is activating a range of defensive measures in response to the strikes unfolding across the border

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Ukraine is projecting the conflict deep into Russian territory

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The withdrawals are causing liquidity problems in Russia, a senior finance official said

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The economist’s claims come as Ukraine has repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil refineries and largest retailer Wildberries this summer

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Nato has raised the alarm over the threat of a Russian attack amid repeated incursions by Moscow’s drones

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Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday

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Ukraine has successfully targeted Wildberries hubs seven times in six weeks as part of a campaign to bring the war to Russia

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The attack on the rocket fuel plant was part of what Moscow says was Kyiv’s largest drone attack of 2026

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Kyiv has been striking targets beyond enemy lines in recent months

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Russian official says suspect was acting ‘on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies’. Kyiv has not publicly commented on the attack

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Russian authorities said Kyiv fired around 600 drones to the capital of Moscow

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Conor Kennedy said he was ‘willing to die’ in Ukraine after signing up to fight in 2022. Four years later he has been accused of acting as a mercenary by a Russian court

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Ukrainian drones have struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, marking the fourth attack in three days

An annual monsoon in the ‌area is complicating salvage efforts near a nature reserve

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Reports in Russia claim the deceased is a former Ukrainian navy official who defected to Russia

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An anti-missile launch pad was left ‘ablaze and sputtering for three hours’, according to Ukraine’s military

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Earlier, Zelensky says his forces struck ‌Russia’s Novorossiysk ‌naval base with drones, ‌missiles and unmanned ‌boats

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Ukrainian leader accused Russia of using Korean ballistic missiles to exploit shortages of American air defences

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First used in the 1991 Gulf War, the US Patriot air defence system has seen demand spike sharply this year

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Ukrainian warns Putin is poised to escalate the conflict as air defences run dry

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Ukraine said the attacks on key air defence systems would allow them to strike deeper into Russia

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Moscow denies Ukrainian claims that Kyiv’s forces are killing Russian troops faster than they are being recruited

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Ukrainian drone attack hits targets over 600 miles deep inside Russia, killing 13 people

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Ukraine and Russia accused each other of deadly attacks on Sunday

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Ukrainian President says Ukraine has hit two more oil facilities deep inside Russia

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The drone incident was framed as the latest in a series of hybrid attacks across Europe

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Lithuania also fears Putin may be planning a ‘false flag’ strike on the Baltics

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Kyiv says that Ukraine has been supplied with a third of the air defence missiles it was given in 2025

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