Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, has voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, the international convention banning antipersonnel mines, Delfi reports.

Ukrainian troops have received orders to fire only in response to Russian attacks during the three-day ceasefire unilaterally declared by Vladimir Putin, Suspilne reports, citing soldiers from three Ukrainian units fighting near the city of Pokrovsk and in…

Ukraine’s parliament has ratified an intergovernmental agreement with the United States on mineral resources. The measure passed with 338 votes in favor. No lawmakers voted against or abstained, though nine deputies were absent.

This past Sunday, Russian state television aired a “documentary” by propagandist Pavel Zarubin celebrating 25 years of Vladimir Putin’s rule. In one scene, the president offers Zarubin some kefir, a yogurt drink popular in Russia. Immediately after the broadcast…

For the second time in seven months, Romania is trying to elect a new president. The previous vote, held in November 2024, was annulled by the country’s Constitutional Court after the victory of far-right candidate Călin Georgescu raised suspicions of Russian…

Many Russian soldiers and civilians are willing to pay large sums of money to avoid being sent to the front in Ukraine. But amid mounting military losses and a shortage of new recruits, bribing your way out of the Russian army is getting increasingly difficult.…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone call on Thursday evening. 

Moscow’s four major airports — Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky — temporarily suspended operations multiple times. Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.

For the second night of the three-day ceasefire unilaterally declared by Vladimir Putin, neither the Russian nor Ukrainian militaries reported large-scale overnight drone attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged views on the "Ukrainian crisis" during their talks held at the Kremlin on May 8, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reported on Friday.

In the Estonian city of Narva, a banner depicting Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler has been hung on the wall of a medieval castle overlooking the river that marks the country’s border with Russia.

Moscow and Washington are discussing the possible resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe as part of broader negotiations over a potential peaceful settlement in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday.

Schooling in Russia continues to grow more politicized. On the one hand, there’s a strong emphasis on patriotism: in the Education Ministry’s “patriotic” lesson series, Important Conversations, the curriculum focuses on “love for the motherland"; in some…

The U.K. government has announced its most extensive sanctions package targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” — a network of ships used to evade sanctions on the sale of Russian oil.

On May 9, Russia marks Victory Day — the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. But as it has for the past three years, the country’s own war of aggression against Ukraine casts a long shadow over the celebrations. Ahead…

On Friday, Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, rekindling debates over who deserves the most credit today for ending the war. The Kremlin has made the USSR’s defeat of Hitler a central pillar of its contemporary…

During talks with China’s Xi Jinping on the eve of Victory Day, Vladimir Putin once again underscored the scale of Soviet losses in World War II. “The Soviet Union gave 27 million lives,” he said. “It laid them at the altar of the fatherland and the altar…

Amid an accelerating push by Ukraine and its Western allies to secure a 30-day ceasefire with the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin has proposed that Kyiv resume direct negotiations with Moscow. Putin said the direct talks could begin “without delay or any preconditions”…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Turkey, where talks with Russia could take place on May 15 — even if Moscow refuses to agree to a ceasefire beforehand, Axios reported, citing a Ukrainian official.

Russian forces launched 108 strike drones and decoy UAVs at Ukraine overnight on May 12, according to the Ukrainian Air Force Command.