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May 14, 2026 2:34 PM

Russia unleashes heaviest wartime drone assault on Ukraine, hits Kyiv

Russia unleashed the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a two-day period since the war began, pounding the capital Kyiv and other cities across the country with hundreds of drones, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia had launched more than 1,560 drones since the start of Wednesday. Overnight on Thursday, Moscow fired more than 670 attack drones and 56 missiles against Ukraine, he said. Air defence units shot down 41 missiles and 652 drones ove...

May 14, 2026 10:28 AM

EAM Jaishankar Meets Counterparts From Indonesia, Russia, Brazil and Maldives

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi. Jaishankar met Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono and reviewed progress under the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as well as cooperation within the ASEAN framework. “Glad to welcome FM Sugiono of Indonesia. Reviewed the progress of our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and our cooperation with ASEAN,” Jaishan...

May 13, 2026 5:22 PM

Kremlin says Russia can do business with US if it stops linking trade to Ukraine

Russia is interested in joint economic projects with the United States if Washington stops linking trade ties with a peace deal on Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. In his daily briefing call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also reiterated tough terms for ending the war, which President Vladimir Putin set out nearly two years ago and Ukraine has emphatically rejected. Both Russian and U.S. companies could potentially profit from a number of joint investment and economic p...

May 13, 2026 9:17 AM

Kremlin, Trump say Ukraine war nearly over after Zelenskiy casts doubt

The Kremlin repeated Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that the war in Ukraine was almost over on Tuesday and U.S. President Donald Trump said the war's conclusion was "very close," perspectives not shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who said Moscow had no intention of ending it. "I think that the matter is coming to an end," Putin told reporters on Saturday. Asked to comment on Putin's remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that a certain amount of...

May 7, 2026 9:32 AM

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of spurning ceasefire proposed by Kyiv

Ukraine accused Russia of flouting a Kyiv-proposed ceasefire on Wednesday by carrying out dozens of battlefield assaults, air strikes and drone attacks in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as Moscow's "obvious spurning" of peace. Zelenskiy had floated the cessation, starting on May 6, in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's own proposed ceasefire from May 8 to 9 to coincide with its World War Two victory commemorations. In a statement, Zelenskiy said Russia - which did not co...

May 4, 2026 3:57 PM

Russian missile attack kills five in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, officials say

A Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, killed five people and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubovsaid that at least 10 houses, an administrative building, four shops, a car repair workshop and a food establishment were damaged in the attack. "Today during the day, the occupiers attacked civilian infrastructure of a town quite far from the front with a missile," he said on Telegram. He ...

May 4, 2026 10:33 AM

OPEC+ agrees third oil output quota hike since Hormuz closure

OPEC+ agreed on Sunday a modest oil output hike for June, an increase that will remain largely on paper as long as the Iran war continues to disrupt Gulf oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Seven OPEC+ countries will raise oil output targets by 188,000 barrels per day in June, the third consecutive monthly increase, OPEC+ said in a statement after an online meeting. The increase is the same as that agreed for May minus the share of the United Arab Emirates, which left the group on May 1....

May 4, 2026 10:28 AM

Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Primorsk port, oil tankers and military ships

Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on targets across Russia on Sunday, hitting the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk and setting it on fire, and striking a number of vessels, as it steps up attacks on energy infrastructure and other targets. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the strikes had caused significant damage to the oil terminal port. Theyalso hit an oil tanker, a small RussianKarakurt-class missile ship and a patrol boat in the Baltic Sea, he saidon Telegram. "Each such resu...

April 28, 2026 10:03 PM

Rajnath Singh holds key bilateral talks in Bishkek to boost defence ties; discusses West Asia security with China, Russia

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Belarus on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Bishkek on April 28, aimed at strengthening defence cooperation and addressing regional security concerns. During his meeting with Kyrgyz Defence Minister Major General Mukambetov Ruslan Mustafaevich, Singh discussed ways to deepen existing defence ties and enhan...

April 24, 2026 10:14 PM

Ukraine, Russia swap 193 prisoners of war each in US, UAE-facilitated exchange

Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner of war swap on Friday, sending back 193 captured personnel each in an exchange both sides said was facilitated by the United States and the United Arab Emirates. "It is important that there are exchanges and that our people are returning home," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a post on Telegram. His chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, and Russia's defence ministry said the U.S. and the UAE had assisted with the exchange. Russia and Ukraine h...