Russia’s battlefield strength in Ukraine has started to wane and it could run into serious shortages of manpower and weaponry by next year, even as President Donald Trump retreats from pressure on Moscow to end the war,

The War Zone, an online military magazine, notes that while nuclear-armed air-to-air missiles were part of the Soviet Union's arsenal during the Cold War, little is known about their current status within Russia's Aerospace Forces (VKS), which "makes the disclosure from [the Defense Intelligence Agency] intelligence all the more intriguing."

The aggressor country of russia has launched offensive actions against Ukraine in all axes. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press

Latvian military volunteer Ņikita Tarenovs, who went by the alias Latviiets ("Latvian"), has been killed in action while fighting against Russian forces in Ukraine. Source: Latvia's public broadcaster LSM;

When President Donald Trump returned to office, he was laboring under a fundamental misconception about the war in Ukraine.

Russia's FSB security service said in a statement at the time that Sidiki had been recruited by Ukrainian military intelligence while in Istanbul in 2023 and had then received sabotage training in Latvia before returning to Russia. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

The latest sanctions against the Kremlin have been in the pipeline for weeks. The EU had already approved theirs last week.

After a joint investigation with allies including the US, Germany and France, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said a Russian military unit had been targeting both public and private organisations since 2022. These include organisations involved in supplying defence, IT services and logistics support.

Andriy Kovalenko from the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation reported on the latest action by Ukrainian forces. In Russia's Tula region, the "Azot" chemical plant was attacked, and its products can be used for military purposes.