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Russia likely moving new nuclear missiles that are hard to intercept to Belarus
Experts say deployment of the Oreshnik a strategic shift to deter Nato and extend Moscow’s missile range in Europe.
27 Dec 2025 - 2:27PM
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Ukraine war
Trump says Zelensky ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’ ahead of talks
27 Dec 2025 - 9:19AM
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Ukraine war
Zelensky brings ‘90% ready’ peace plan to Trump in Florida
27 Dec 2025 - 12:30AM
Ukraine war
Inside Chernobyl: Ukraine races to repair radiation shield as war drags on
While engineers scramble to patch drone damage at Chernobyl, Ukraine’s president holds ‘substantive’ talks with US envoys.
26 Dec 2025 - 2:32PM
The damaged cover after a drone attack in February. Photo: AFP
Russia
‘Ball in French court’: Russia makes ‘proposal’ over jailed NGO researcher
Laurent Vinatier is in prison in Russia and facing more spying allegations, but Moscow says it has reached out to Paris.
25 Dec 2025 - 11:37PM
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Ukraine war
‘Christmas under fire’: Ukraine, Russia report fatal air strikes
Ukraine has been warding off a full-scale Russian invasion since February 2022.
25 Dec 2025 - 9:07PM
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Zelensky details US-backed 20-point peace plan for Russia and Putin
Zelensky weighs land concessions to Putin in a US-backed deal, seeking a ceasefire and a demilitarised zone in Donetsk to end Russia’s war.
24 Dec 2025 - 5:35PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine last week. Photo: EPA
Russia
Moscow blast kills 2 police near site of Russian general’s car bombing
Moscow hit by second bombing in three days, following a series of assassinations Russia blames on Ukraine.
25 Dec 2025 - 8:34AM
Ukraine war
Huge drone barrage ‘strikes Ukraine before Christmas’, killing 3
The latest attack, targeting homes and the power grid, came when people want to be ‘at home, in safety’, said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
23 Dec 2025 - 9:15PM
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Moscow car blast kills Russian general hours after US talks
Russian investigators suspect the blast may have been orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services.
22 Dec 2025 - 7:14PM
Ukraine war
No Ukraine ceasefire breakthrough despite ‘productive’ talks
Talks in Miami focused on aligning US, European and Ukrainian positions as uncertainty remains if Russia will accept proposed terms.
22 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to deploy a drone towards Russian positions near Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Photo: Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanised Brigade via AP
Ukraine war
Russia says Putin open to Ukraine war talks with France’s Macron
Moscow’s response came after the French president urged Europe to ‘re-engage’ with the Russian leader.
21 Dec 2025 - 1:20PM
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Zelensky says only US can persuade Russia to end Ukraine war
The president says Washington proposed first face-to-face talks between Kyiv and Moscow, but he expressed scepticism that this would help.
21 Dec 2025 - 2:52PM
China-Russia relations
Secure Arctic shipping route essential for China, senior official says
Trade lanes using Strait of Malacca, Red Sea and Suez Canal could be disrupted during ‘major international crisis’, Beijing forum told.
19 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
Russia
Putin says West holds key to peace as Russia advances in Ukraine
Putin demands the West and Kyiv act on Ukraine peace, vows more territorial gains and warns of severe consequences over frozen assets.
19 Dec 2025 - 8:43PM
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Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual live broadcast press conference with Russian federal, regional, and foreign media in Moscow on Friday. Photo: EPA
Ukraine war
EU agrees US$106 billion loan for Ukraine, but without Russian assets
EU leaders reach a compromise after plans to use frozen Russian assets failed to gain backing.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:41PM
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Russia deploys nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile to Belarus amid Ukraine talks
Russian state media says it would take the weapon only 17 minutes to reach Nato headquarters in Brussels.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:57AM
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Putin vows victory in Ukraine as US and Russia prepare for Miami talks
Russian leader boasts of battlefield gains in Ukraine while his envoys prepare to meet the Americans this weekend.
18 Dec 2025 - 2:58PM
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Photo: Tass via dpa
Ukraine war
Trump administration readies new sanctions if Putin rejects peace deal
The new measures could arrive this week, targeting the tankers and traders fuelling Putin’s war as peace talks reach a critical stage.
17 Dec 2025 - 6:31PM
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Zelensky demands justice as nations back Ukraine reparations; will Russia pay?
US$232 billion in frozen Russian assets are central to a new Hague-based commission managing Ukraine war damage claims.
16 Dec 2025 - 9:39PM
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Ukraine claims disabled Russian submarine in first underwater drone attack
Ukraine says strike is a historic first, but Russia denies attack caused any damage.
16 Dec 2025 - 1:53PM
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US officials say Washington agrees to give Ukraine security guarantees
‘Article 5-like’ security offer emerges at talks in Berlin in a bid to secure an end to the nearly four-year Russia-Ukraine war.
16 Dec 2025 - 2:55PM
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Berlin. Photo: Reuters
Britain
UK spy and military chiefs give threat assessment in ‘age of uncertainty’
Head of MI6 says ‘we are now operating in a space between peace and war’, as defence chief urges ‘whole nation’ prepare for evolving threats.
16 Dec 2025 - 2:18PM
Russia
Pussy Riot punk protest group declared ‘extremist’ by Russian court
The ruling outlaws the feminist group from operating in Russia and puts anyone linked with them at risk of prosecution.
15 Dec 2025 - 11:30PM
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Ukraine war
Zelensky suggests Ukraine could drop Nato goal for security guarantees
The shift, which includes a call for ‘Article 5-like’ guarantees, comes as Washington presses for an end to the four-year Ukraine war.
15 Dec 2025 - 9:16AM
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