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Ukrainian special services attempted to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday using a kamikaze drone with 17 kg of explosives on board. Although the assassination attempt failed, the attempt is being kept secret by the Russian authorities, reports the Bild daily portal.more

Ukrainian intelligence had planned attacks on targets in Russia, including Moscow on February 24, the anniversary of the start of full-scale aggression by the Russian army, but postponed them at the request of the US, the Washington Post reported, citing secret US documents that recently leaked online.more

There will be no Russian attack with nuclear weapons when the Ukrainian army enters Crimea, according to the head of Ukraine's military intelligence service (HUR), General Kyrylo Budanov. In an interview with the RBK Ukraine portal, Budanov also predicts a "landmark battle" this spring.more

The youngest member of the Ukrainian government, 32-year-old Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, successfully fights Russia on many virtual fronts using technology, writes the American daily "The Hill" on Friday.more

Although in 2023 the number of billionaires in the world and the size of their fortunes decreased, the number of Russian super-rich and the value of their assets increased, according to the Russian edition of Forbes magazine. Over the year of the war in Ukraine, the number of Russian billionaires has increased from 88 to 110, and their wealth from 353 to 505 billion dollars.more

"It's confusing because nothing has changed in Ukraine, cities are still under attack," said WTA ranking leader Iga Świątek about the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to return Russians and Belarusians to competition.more

The UK has imposed sanctions on five people responsible for the attempted poisoning, arrest and conviction of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who also has British citizenship. Earlier this week, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.more

The European Union and the United Kingdom equally want the Russian aggression against Ukraine to fail and for its territorial integrity to be restored, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed in Belfast yesterday.more

Russia has developed a programme to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, the BBC reported, citing details of an investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.more

The companies of two Russian oligarchs earn a fortune in the Polish construction sector. They supply not only roofing, but also mineral wool. The ingredients needed for their production are imported from Russia, as reported in the latest issue of "Gazeta Polska".more

Mines are injured on a daily basis among civilians in Ukraine and it is likely to take at least a decade to clear the country of mines, the UK Ministry of Defense has said.more

Those responsible for beheading a Ukrainian soldier must be brought to justice, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stressed today in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.more

Russia's war with Ukraine will last until at least 2024, because in 2023 neither side is likely to achieve a breakthrough victory or be willing to negotiate, the Washington Post reported, citing secret US documents leaked in recent days to the media.more

It would be hard to find a city outside Ukraine and Russia that has changed more as a result of Vladimir Putin's unleashed war than Rzeszów, now a global aid centre for the attacked country, according to the British daily 'Financial Times'.more

Leaked secret documents from the Pentagon, which include 50 British Special Forces soldiers present in Ukraine, pose a threat to their lives, according to MPs and security experts quoted by 'The Times'.more

The UK imposed sanctions on two Cypriot nationals who helped Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov hide assets, as well as family members of several other oligarchs.more

Russian troops almost shot down a British reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea, near the coast of the occupied Crimea, the American newspaper "Washington Post" reported, citing documents allegedly leaked from the Pentagon. The incident took place in September 2022.more

The U.S. Department of Justice is launching an investigation into the leak of top-secret documents from various U.S. agencies and social media sites. Earlier, the Pentagon launched its own investigation, French daily Le Figaro reported.more

A British firm appears to have arranged the sale of about $1.2 billion worth of electronic goods into Russia since the launch of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Financial Times reported Friday.more

The war in Ukraine has led to geopolitical shifts in Europe, shifting NATO's center of gravity eastward, Washington Post columnist Ishan Tharoor writes on Friday in an analysis following Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Poland.more

Top-secret Pentagon documents with details about the war in Ukraine have been published on at least two social media sites, Twitter and Telegram.more

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing today, allowed the possibility of holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Reuters and AFP agencies reported from an anonymous source in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.more

Ukraine's accession to NATO and the European Union is the only way not to get bogged down in an endless war with Russia, writes British historian Timothy Gordon Ash in the Belgian daily De Standaard. He adds that defeat in the war with Ukraine will ultimately be beneficial for Russia.more

Chinese military analysts are closely following Russia's invasion of Ukraine for clues to a possible attack on Taiwan, from the importance of supply lines to the use of satellites to the effectiveness of nuclear threats, the New York Times reported.more

A significant part of up to 200,000 More than 500,000 Russian victims since the invasion of Ukraine were killed or injured in non-combat causes, especially alcohol-related accidents, the UK Ministry of Defense revealed today.more