Latvia votes with Russia threat looming large

Latvia will elect a new parliament this weekend, in an election dominated by security concerns over the now emboldened Russia ...
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Russia decided to increase planned war spending for 2027 in response to Ukrainian strikes on refineries and warehouses, the newsletter Vlast reports

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and warehouses influenced Russia’s decision to increase planned military ...

Kanye West’s sold-out Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm

Russia’s foreign ministry had called planned shows unacceptable due to rapper’s ‘glorification’ of Adolf Hitler ...

Europe braces for ‘severe hybrid attacks’ from Russia, says Friedrich Merz

Europe is preparing for “severe” Russian hybrid attacks, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as Vladimir Putin threatened ...

Russia targets data centers in Kyiv as NATO condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’

Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s data centers and communications infrastructure, targeting facilities in Kyiv.

‘The enemy is tearing our city apart’: terror in Kyiv as Russia ramps up attacks

Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyivans can no longer pretend it is ‘peacetime’ amid strikes on school, hospital and bridge ...

Russia threatens nuclear strikes on Nato countries over Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad has long been a source of tension between Russia and Nato, given its strategic location on the Baltic Sea, and ...

Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing 7 and targeting power grid, Zelenskyy says

Russia pressed its missile and drone barrage of Ukraine, killing seven people, including a child, while mainly targeting the ...