Kirill Vyshinsky, executive director of the Russia Today state media empire and earlier a Putin collaborator in Ukraine, died in Moscow today at the age of 58.

Mr Zelensky said Moscow is once again trying to drag everything out even further. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

According to Newsweek, the sprawling site in the Chernyakhovsky district first appeared in satellite images in March 2023 and is now nearing completion. Investigators from the independent project Tochnyi say the complex resembles a circularly disposed antenna array (CDAA),

A Ukrainian-made drone attack on a Russian ammunition depot last September demonstrated Kyiv’s ability to strike deep behind enemy lines, a feat particularly gratifying for Iryna Terekh, head of production at Fire Point.

Donald Trump has issued a two-week ultimatum to Russia, stating a decision on sanctions or tariffs will be made within that period. This follows a strike on a US factory, a development that occurred just days after a meeting in Alaska between Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Trump's warning came following a Russian missile attack on a US factory in Ukraine, which injured at least 15 workers.

The US president again threatened Russia with “massive sanctions” over the war unless an agreement is reached within a fortnight. Only then, Trump said, would he decide on “whether or not it’s massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both — or do we do nothing and say, ‘it’s your fight.’”

North Korea is "no longer content to have its nuclear weapons and be left alone," a former senior U.S. official told Newsweek.