Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Saturday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, armed forces of the NATO-member country said.
Estonia has triggered article 4 of the NATO treaty which requested a consultation with other Nato members after it said Russian warplanes violated its airspace on Friday.
Russia's violation of Polish and Romanian airspace is part of a long-running trend of boundary-testing and sabotage by President Vladimir Putin, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday.
A massive attack on Ukraine's south eastern city of Zaporizhzhia has killed a 41-year-old man and injured 13 people on Tuesday according to officials. The regional governor said that the strikes triggered a large number of fires.
Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that its drones had carried out a major attack on military facilities in western Ukraine but that it had not planned to hit any targets in Poland.
Ukraine’s air force reported that Russian drones had entered Polish airspace early on Wednesday, posing a potential threat to the south eastern city of Zamość.
Falling debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at a power substation in Kropotkin, Russia, which was quickly extinguished, authorities said.
Germany’s Merz: Ukraine war could last for a long time
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Ukrainian officials in New York on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing peace process with Russia, sources said.
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Russia has escalated strikes on Ukraine’s energy system, targeting a key gas compressor station vital for winter storage, as Kyiv faces mounting shortages despite U.S. peace efforts.
Twenty people were injured when Russian forces launched guided aerial bomb strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia, targeting the central bus station and the university clinic, Ukrainian emergency services reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday described his call with U.S. President Donald Trump as "productive", saying the two leaders discussed ways to halt the ongoing conflict with Russia.
One person has been killed and 10 others, including two children were wounded in what Ukrainian officials say was Russia’s largest air assault on the town of Lozova since the conflict began.
A senior UN official has called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, warning of the mounting human cost of the war and urging both sides to respect international humanitarian law.
Standing in the remains of her charred apartment in Kyiv, Bohdana Zhupanyna rests a hand on her pregnant belly and reflects on how her plans for motherhood were turned upside down by war.
The Kremlin claims Ukraine and Western nations are rejecting all proposals for dialogue to resolve the war, as Russia and Ukraine held peace talks in Türkiye.
Germany and the U.S. will deliver five Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine as Russian missile attacks intensify, signalling a renewed Western push to strengthen Kyiv's defences, according to German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.
Australia has delivered M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as part of a A$245 million ($160 million) defence package aimed at bolstering Kyiv’s resistance against Russia.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Russia to hold fresh peace talks next week, calling for urgent progress toward a ceasefire.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reaffirmed his “unconditional support” for all actions taken by Russia to resolve the Ukraine war, during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, according to North Korean state media.
The White House clarified that the recent pause in weapons shipments to Ukraine is part of a routine Pentagon review of all U.S. military aid worldwide, not a targeted suspension.
Russia and Ukraine have carried out a new prisoner exchange, officials from both countries confirmed on Thursday, following talks earlier this month in Türkiye.
Seven Baltic and Nordic countries asked on Friday to ban Russian soldiers from entering the Schengen zone.
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