Russia expressed significant concern and dismay following Ukraine’s successful interception of its hypersonic missiles, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence. Ukraine, utilizing a mix of Soviet-era and modern air defense systems, reportedly shot down 18 Russian missiles, including six hypersonic ‘Kinzhal’ rockets. This development came after Russia’s drone and missile... 

But behind closed doors, Ukraine’s leader has proposed going in a more audacious direction — occupying Russian villages to gain leverage over Moscow, bombing a pipeline that transfers Russian oil to Hungary, a NATO member, and privately pining for long-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia’s borders, according to classified U.S. intelligence documents detailing his internal communications... 

China’s military has vowed to “resolutely smash” any separatist movement in Taiwan and warned that Washington’s increased meddling with the self-governing island has created a dangerous fracture in Sino-US relations. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “continues to strengthen military training and preparations and will resolutely smash any form of Taiwanese independence secession, along... 

It is not Communist China, Russia, or even the supposed climate crisis, but rather the plummeting birthrates that represents the greatest single threat to Western society, Conservative MP Miriam Cates warned. Delivering a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in London on Monday, Tory MP Miriam Cates argued that the most important issue facing the West is the “failure to deliver” babies,... 

Despite the introduction of ten different sanctions packages aimed at pressuring Russia to end the war in Ukraine, the value of imports from Russia to EU countries has only decreased by five percent over the past year, the Europaportal reports. Instead of reducing their imports, twelve EU countries have actually increased them. The EU is now preparing an eleventh package of sanctions against Russia... 

Russian forces have faced a significant setback in the besieged city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, as Kyiv’s military reclaimed ground, according to the Ministry of Defence. Over the past four days, Russian troops withdrew from positions in the southern flank of the city, marking a humiliating defeat for the Kremlin. Ukrainian forces have reportedly regained at least a kilometer of territory, signaling... 

The harrowing accounts of torture and abuse suffered by Ukrainians at the hands of Russian forces in occupied areas paint a grim picture of the human rights violations rampant in the region. Dignity, a Danish anti-torture group, documented 725 cases of torture, ill treatment, summary execution, and other atrocities in their recent report. The testimonies reveal the widespread and systematic use of... 

Russia’s former head of the Roscosmos space agency, Dmitry Rogozin, said he went on a quest about a decade ago to find concrete proof that the Americans landed on the Moon in 1969. After finding little evidence, he questioned whether the Apollo 11 Mission reached the lunar surface. “About ten years ago, when I worked in the Government, I sent an official request to Roscosmos to provide me with... 

The Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square, typically a grand display of military might and patriotic fervor, took on a notably subdued tone this year. The presence of just one aged tank, a Second World War-era T-34, amidst a smaller contingent of troops and military hardware, was a stark departure from the elaborate showcases of power seen in previous years. The significance of this scaled-down... 

The specter of a nuclear catastrophe looms large over Ukraine as tensions escalate and fears grow regarding the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Vladimir Putin’s decision to evacuate towns near the plant, coupled with reports of explosives and artillery being placed in the vicinity by Russian troops, has heightened concerns among experts and international organizations. The International... 

President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the behavior of Hungary and its relations with Russia do not correspond to the status of a NATO ally. He said this in an interview with Finnish, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian journalists. “How to resolve the dispute with Budapest? The question is only Budapest’s desire. It seems to me that there is a political entanglement of the political elites... 

Former Russian President and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev warned that the world is probably on the verge of a third world war, one that could also be very nuclear in nature. Medvedev, a close ally of current President Vladimir Putin, made this chilling warning amid rising tensions between Russia and the West over the former’s special military operation in Ukraine. “The... 

Helsinki, the capital city of Finland, is reportedly in talks with the United States on a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) that would allow American troops to deploy freely to Finland, which was recently admitted into NATO in April. Mikael Antell, the deputy director-general for political affairs at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is leading the bilateral negotiations, according to Helsingin... 

Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing a contingency plan in the event that Russia sustains more losses in the war against Ukraine, sources have said. Russia’s presidential administration sent out an instruction manual to the Kremlin’s team of propagandists, urging his people not to ‘underestimate’ Ukraine’s planned counter-offensive and also not to spread the idea Kyiv... 

Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin in a double drone strike on the Kremlin overnight. Moscow furiously decried the attack as ‘a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the life of the President of the Russian Federation.’ The allegation of the failed assassination attempt was made by the Kremlin today and reported by Russian news agencies. It said two...