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The British Council has meanwhile been barred from Russia, as tensions between Moscow and the West continue to deepen.

President was impressed by Ukraine’s audacious attack on Russian airfields

US president casts doubt on peace efforts as German chancellor urges him to increase pressure on Moscow

A series of blasts at airbases deep inside Russia on June 1, 2025, came as a rude awakening to Moscow’s military strategists. The Ukrainian strike at the heart Russia’s strategic bombing capability could also upend the traditional rules of war: It provides smaller military a blueprint for countering a larger…

Ukraine said its “Operation Spiderweb” attacked Russian warplanes worth hundreds of millions of dollars, utilizing drones that each cost under $1,000 and were launched from wooden containers carried on trucks

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says Russia will respond to recent Ukrainian attacks when its military sees fit.

Russia lost a third of its strategic bombers as talks stalled, while Moscow’s forces made marginal front-line advances.

US president says phone call with Russian leader won’t lead to ‘immediate peace’ as Moscow rules out ceasefire

US president says Putin also suggested he would participate in talks aimed at reaching a new nuclear deal with Tehran.

The call with US President Donald Trump comes three days after Ukraine's audacious military operation, "Spiderweb", which saw airfields deep inside Russia targeted by drones.

Ukraine’s security service has released new drone footage of its operation "Spiderweb" on Wednesday, showing how exactly Kyiv struck 41 Russian heavy military bombers. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said Kyiv would not have launched its drone strike if Moscow had accepted Kyiv's calls for a ceasefire.