U.S. Africa Command leader says Africa serves as Putin's purse, fueling Russia's war in Ukraine through resource extraction and recruitment networks.

Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday that relations between their countries were at an “unprecedentedly high level”, as the two discussed wider economic cooperation and foreign issues.

Kyiv and Budapest began expert-level consultations online on Wednesday, the countries' foreign ministers said.

Ukraine has developed its first home-made guided aerial bomb, which is capable of striking deep into Russia and ready for combat use, Kyiv’s military chief said. Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov debuted the Vyrivniuvach bomb on Monday with the country’s Brave1 defense platform,

China secretly trained around 200 Russian troops, some who later fought in Ukraine, raising questions over Beijing’s neutrality.

China's armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since returned to fight in Ukraine, according to three European

China’s Xi Jinping told President Trump that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin might end up regretting his decision to invade Ukraine, according to a new report. Xi, one of Putin’s top allies, made the frank remark during his summit with Trump in Beijing last week while the two world leaders discussed the ongoing stalemate in Ukraine,

Ukraine has unveiled a new domestically-developed kit to convert a 250 kg drop bomb into a guided glide bomb to arm its fighter jets. Ukraine has unveiled on May 18, 2026, a new domestically-developed glide bomb to be used in operations against Russia.

The total number is shocking, but the difference in fatalities is even larger The Russian army is suffering significantly heavier losses on the battlefield than Ukraine’s Defense Forces, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,