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News in brief
Russian President Vladimir Putin officially acknowledged on Thursday his country’s responsibility for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane at the end of 2024. Speaking alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Putin confirmed that the aircraft was hit......
The Finnish prosecutor has appealed after a Helsinki court declared itself incompetent to try the captain and two officers of a Russian ghost fleet vessel, accused of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea in late 2024. The court argued that the case should fall under the jurisdiction of the ship's......
French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili will remain in custody in Russia after a regional court in Primorye rejected his appeal against his detention, Russian judicial authorities announced on Thursday. Sehili, 44, was arrested in early September for allegedly crossing the Russian border illegally while......
Russia announced on Monday that it had intercepted 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, describing it as one of Kyiv’s largest aerial offensives since the war began more than three and a half years ago. The attack reportedly targeted areas across the Black Sea region and Crimea,......
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new 5,000-ton warship named Choe Hyon, the country’s first destroyer reportedly armed with nuclear missiles, state media announced on Sunday. The vessel, unveiled in April, is described by Pyongyang as a symbol of its growing naval......
Ukrainian authorities reported on Sunday that a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia (southeastern Ukraine) left one woman dead and nine others injured. The assault came amid one of Russia’s most extensive offensives this year against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, as temperatures......
Air traffic at Vilnius Airport, the Lithuanian capital, was temporarily suspended overnight from Saturday to Sunday following an alert about several “suspicious balloons” detected in the airspace. The airport announced the closure on Facebook, stating it would remain shut until 04:30......
A Russian drone strike targeted the train station in Chostka, located in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, injuring at least 30 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported Saturday. He described the attack as “barbaric” and warned that the casualty figures could rise. The......
Munich Airport gradually resumed operations on Saturday following its closure for a second consecutive night due to drone alerts, which Berlin described as a serious security threat. The incident marks the latest in a series of similar disruptions across Europe, with several countries suspecting Russian......
Ukraine’s state energy operator Naftogaz announced on Friday that Russia carried out the “largest attack” to date against the country’s gas production infrastructure. According to the company, the assault involved 35 missiles and 60 drones launched overnight, severely damaging......
The Russian-linked oil tanker Boracay—suspected of being part of the so-called “ghost fleet” circumventing international sanctions—has resumed its journey after French authorities briefly detained its captain and first officer. According to a source close to the case, both......
Russia and Ukraine carried out a large-scale prisoner swap on Thursday, each side releasing 185 detainees, according to officials from both countries. The exchange marks one of the rare areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv after more than three and a half years of conflict. The Russian Ministry......
In Russia, fuel shortages are spreading across several regions as Ukrainian drone strikes have repeatedly targeted oil refineries in recent months. Long lines of cars now form daily at gas stations, where drivers often leave empty-handed. In the Khabarovsk region, in Russia’s Far East, motorists......
