NATO fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea at the end of last year, as Moscow's violations of flight rules increased.

Russian natural gas supplies to Europe via a pipeline traversing Ukraine are set to end on January 1 with the expiration of a contract signed before Russia launched its full-scale invasion. The pipeline, Russia's oldest gas export route to Europe, was set to shut down at the end of 2024 with the expiration of the contract. Data from Ukraine's gas transit operator on December 31 showed that Russia ...

Ukraine hailed the end of the gas transit deal amid Russia's invasion. But Russia said European living standards will suffer.

NATO has previously described the deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia as a "significant escalation" in the conflict.

Europes benchmark natural gas prices rose on the first trading day for 2025 on Thursday, a day after Russian flows to Europe via Ukraine stopped after decades of pipeline deliveries through the route. Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europes gas trading, surged in Amsterdam by as much as 4% in early trade on Thursday, before giving up some gains and rising by 1% as of 10:00 a...

Moscow lost 1,370 troops on January 1, Ukraine's Defense Ministry has said.

Austria has insisted it is well prepared for the stoppage, but Slovakia has threatened to cut electricity supplies to neighboring Ukraine.

"Russians have not reached the outskirts of the town," said Viktor Trehubov, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia grouping of forces.

At least four people were killed and six injured overnight in southern and eastern Ukraine after a major Russian airborne assault involving scores of drones launched from multiple directions.

Under Vladimir Putin's orders, Russia and China will work together on AI development, and this could further power Moscow's war.

Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has given Kyiv's assessment of Russian casualties.

Ukraine has terminated the transit of Russian natural gas through the country.

Ukraines energy minister, Herman Halushchenko, confirmed Kyiv had stopped the transit in the interest of national security."

Russia's attack using Shahed drones on Ukraine at the start of the new year caused the deaths of two prominent scientists in Kyiv.

Eastern Europe braces for energy fallout as Ukraine halts Russian gas transit, marking a major shift in Europes energy landscape.

A look at why Ukraine has halted the flow of Russian gas to Europe, and the repercussions of the move for Russia.

Moldovas breakaway region of Transnistria has cut off the supply of heating and hot water to households after Russia suspended the transit of natural gas via Ukraine at the start of the year. The move followed a declaration by the Ukrainian president that the country would not renew the transit deal with Gazprom while the war continues. For Moldova, however, there was a financial aspect to the ...

As Donald Trumps new advisory team prepares for his second term in the U.S.s highest office, the general feeling is that the much-vaunted Axis of Upheaval is at its lowest ebb to date. The aim of this axis driven by Chinese money, Russian military aggression, and the respective destabilising Middle East and Asian presences of Iran and North Korea is to replace the primacy of th...