Western countries are going to offer Ukraine a long-term security commitment package on Wednesday (July 12) after NATO's rebuff to Ukraine in giving a clear timeline for joining the alliance.

West to offer long-term security commitments to Ukraine after slow progress on its NATO induction

Russian military official, Stanislav Rzhitsky, the commander of a submarine in the Black Sea, who had been placed on a blacklist of alleged war criminals by a Ukrainian website, was shot dead, early Monday (July 10) by an unknown assassin while he was on his morning run, reported Russian news agency TASS, citing local officials.

Russian military official, on Ukraine’s ‘blacklist’ of alleged war criminals, shot dead mysteriously

Three people were reported dead after a missile strike by Russia in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The mayor of the city confirmed the news on his Telegram channel, where he earlier said that eight people also sustained injuries in the attack.

Ukraine: Russian missile strike damages 60 apartments, leaves 3 dead in Lviv

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British media reports citing officials in Ukraine, on Sunday (July 2) reported that eight Hurricane fighter planes dating back to World War Two from the United Kingdom were found in a forest near Kyiv.

‘Very rare’: Ukraine finds remnants of British WWII Hurricane fighter planes outside Kyiv

Kremlin clarified on Wednesday that it only hits military-linked targets in Ukraine after a missile strike on a Ukrainian restaurant left at least 10 people dead and wounded more than 60 people.

‘We hit only military-linked targets,’ Russia clarifies after strike on restaurant kills at least 10

A report by the United Nations monitoring mission in Ukraine released on Tuesday (June 27) said Russia has detained more than 800 civilians and executed 77 of them since the beginning of the Ukraine war, over a year ago.

Russia detained hundreds, executed 77 civilians since Ukraine war began: UN

Deutsche Bank has told clients it can no longer guarantee full access to Russian stocks that belong to them, underlining the challenges global investors face to recover stranded investments in the country's companies.

Deutsche Bank tells investors some of their Russian shares are missing: Report

Germany has run down its stocks of explosive artillery shells, having provided Ukraine with the stocks for its defence ever since the war began. The European nation has only 20,000 artillery shells left, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Germany running out of explosive artillery shells, having provided it in bulk to Kyiv: Report

Ukraine cannot account for the hundreds of millions of dollars it has paid for the weapons in its ongoing war with Russia. And despite big announcements from the Western world regarding arms and ammunition, Kyiv remains hard-pressed for weapons.

Zelensky administration cannot account for 'hundreds of millions of dollars' spent on weapons: Report

"War has no winners" is an adage that has been espoused since time immemorial to describe the futility of it. One saw it unfold on camera when a Russian soldier, left alone on the battlefield after his whole unit was decimated, pleaded desperately to the Ukrainian side or in this case, a drone, to spare him.

VIDEO | Entire platoon gone, lone Russian soldier 'pleads and surrenders' before Ukrainian drone

Russia has issued yet another warning regarding the Black Sea grain deal. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Thursday said the country has seen no positive prospects when it came to the deal as certain parts of the deal affecting Russia, remained unfulfilled.

'Goodwill cannot be endless...': Russia on Black Sea grain deal extension

Russian missiles struck civilian buildings in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa overnight, killing at least three people and wounding 13, Ukraine's military said early on Wednesday.

Three killed, 13 wounded after Russian missiles strike civilian buildings in Odesa

A United States-bound Air India flight which took off from the Indian capital city of Delhi was diverted to Russia’s Magadan, on Tuesday after a “technical issue” in one of the engines.

Explained | How Air India’s diverted flight to Russia landed amid airspace row between Moscow, the West

A Russian-installed official claimed on Sunday (June 4), that five drones were shot down in Dzhankoi in annexed Crimea and caused damage to some infrastructure. Meanwhile, at least 22 people, including five children, were injured and a two-year-old girl was killed after an explosion near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday the regional governor said in an update on Sunday.

Russian official says 5 drones shot down in Crimea; two-year-old killed after blast in Ukraine’s Dnipro

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reportedly told China’s special envoy Li Hui on Friday that there were significant challenges hindering the resumption of peace talks in Ukraine.

Ukraine and West causing “serious obstacles” to peace, Russia’s Lavrov tells China

The Russian military, on Tuesday (May 23) said that it had crushed the cross-border attack from Ukraine after deploying jets and artillery to destroy an armed group a day after they attacked the border region with armoured vehicles.

Air Force, artillery used to push back border attackers, 70 ‘Ukrainian nationalists’ killed, says Russia

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At a time when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Japan to drum up support for his cause at the G7 summit, Russia has warned the West that providing Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets would be a ‘colossal risk’.

Russia says West's supply of F-16 jets to Ukraine would carry ‘colossal risks’

Loud explosions were heard as Kyiv came under heavy air attack from the Russian side overnight. Authorities on early Saturday informed that falling debris were reported in three districts of the capital city while a residential building's roof caught fire.

Russia intensifies attack on Ukraine overnight; Kyiv says air defence active

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday (May 17), announced a two-month extension of the United Nations-backed deal allowing the war-torn to ship grains across the Black Sea to global markets.

Ukraine grain deal extended for two more months, Russia slams ‘distortions’ in implementation

The Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down at least six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in an overnight missile barrage of nearly 20 missiles and drones, a weapon which Moscow has previously touted as all but unstoppable.

Ukraine claims gains in Bakhmut, shooting down Russian missiles and drones amid overnight barrage

The Russian defence ministry, on Monday (May 15) said that it had scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet over the Baltic Sea after one German and one French aircraft attempted to “violate” its air space after it detected them flying towards Moscow.

Russia intercepts NATO jets over Baltic Sea; Ukraine hails first offensive success in Bakhmut

The United States envoy to South Africa, on Thursday (May 11), accused the country of supplying weapons to Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine despite the country’s neutral stance.

US envoy accuses South Africa of supplying arms to Russia; Pretoria fumes over allegations

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