Overnight missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues. Authorities report one person killed and several injured, with damage to key infrastructure.
The attacks mark another escalation in the ongoing war, raising concerns about civilian safety and the broader regional impact. Here’s what we know so far about the strikes, emergency response, and potential implications for Ukraine’s defense.

Russia Strikes Kyiv Overnight: Missiles & Drones Kill 1, Injure Several Civilians

President Donald Trump has signaled a tough new stance toward Venezuela’s ruling elite, warning that Maduro-style actions could be taken against power brokers who oppose U.S. strategic moves — especially relating to access and control over the country’s vast oil reserves. Following a dramatic U.S. military operation that ousted Nicolás Maduro from power and heightened tensions in the region, Washington is now pushing to control Venezuela’s oil sales and revenue stream as part of its geopolitical strategy.

Venezuela Oil: Donald Trump Warns Venezuela's Power Brokers of Nicolas Maduro-like Action 

Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of killing at least 24 people, including a child, in a drone strike on a hotel and cafe where civilians were seeing in the New Year in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southern Kherson region. Russia's Foreign Ministry said initial information indicated that 24 people, including one child, had been killed, and that 50 people had been injured, including six minors who were being treated in hospital

Breaking: Russia Furious After Ukrainian Drone Attack Targets New Year Revellers in Kherson 

Moscow claims Ukraine launched a swarm of drones toward one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official residences in the Novgorod region. A strike Moscow says targeted the very centre of Russian power. Kyiv dismisses the entire episode as fiction while Moscow calls it terrorism. As the accusations intensify, rhetoric is hardening, and the risk of greater escalation is moving dangerously closer. 

Putin Expands War Aims After Attack on Residence, World Leaders Enraged at Zelensky

A NASA astronaut and two cosmonaut crewmates strapped into their Soyuz ferry ship Monday evening, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged to an on-target landing on the frigid steppe of Kazakhstan early Tuesday to wrap up an eight-month mission.


NASA astronaut, 2 Russian cosmonauts back on Earth

Russian forces are storming Pokrovsk amid intense street fighting, as Ukrainian troops fall back under heavy artillery and airstrikes. the assault marks one of Moscow’s fiercest offensives in months, extending pressure across Donetsk and Zaporizhia. Military analysts say the renewed push could shift frontlines in eastern Ukraine, intensifying the war’s deadliest phase of 2025.

Russians Storm Into Pokrovsk in Full-Scale Assault 

Moscow has called for adding India to the Quad grouping on Afghanistan which currently has China, Pakistan, Iran and Russia. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday (Jan 14) at a briefing: "It is more important to strengthen trust within the SCO [Shanghai Cooperation Organisation], within the format that is currently working on Afghanistan (Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran). We are confident that the inclusion of India would be the right step."

Sergei Lavrov bats for India's inclusion in the Afghanistan Quad

The Irish Navy said it escorted a Russian spy ship out of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), an area critical for energy and submarine pipelines and cables, on Friday (Nov 15).

Ireland-UK submarine cables under threat? Irish Navy claims it escorted Russian spy ship out of EEZ

The famous white beluga whale, which was suspected to be a spy of Russia, was probably guarding 'Kremlin property' when it was found dead off the coast of Norway, according to a new documentary.

Russian spy whale lost life while guarding ‘Kremlin property’ in Arctic: Report

A Russian court on Monday sentenced a French researcher to three years in a penal colony after finding him guilty of breaching a "foreign agent" law. The trial of Laurent Vinatier, who works for a Swiss conflict mediation NGO, comes amid tensions between Russia and the West over the Ukraine war.

Russian court sentences French researcher to 3 years' jail for breaching 'foreign agent' law

The Toronto International Film Festival said Thursday it was pausing all upcoming screenings of the controversial documentary Russians at War after receiving "significant threats.

Toronto festival drops Russian war film screenings over threats

Ukrainian forces have successfully targeted a cutting-edge Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an airbase within Russian territory, media reports said quoting Ukraine's GUR defence intelligence agency.

Ukrainian forces strike Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet inside Russian territory

It was on Monday afternoon (Mar 18) that the news of British monarch King Charles III's death broke in the Russian media. This disinformation spread by Russian media soon went viral with no one really verifying the details of the news as well as its source.

Here's how Russian media outlets reported 'fake' death of King Charles III

A heartwarming video shared on social media has shown an unexpected encounter between a Russian man and a wild bear in a snowy landscape. The footage captured everyone's attention as the Russian man offered the giant bear a massive lollipop.

VIRAL VIDEO | Unbearably adorable and giant bear licks big lollipop given by Russian man

A new school textbook titled "The Russian Army in Defence of the Fatherland" has stirred controversy as western media outlets suggest it distorts historical facts regarding the war against Ukraine and actively promotes military service among high school students.

This is what new Russian school textbook says about Crimea, Mariupol, and NATO

India has an extensive bilateral relationship with Ukraine, spanning all spheres of cooperation. India was one of the first countries to recognize Ukraine. The government of India recognized the Republic of Ukraine as a sovereign country in December 1991 and established diplomatic relations in January 1992. Ukraine's Deputy FM, Iryana Borovets talks about the evolution of Ukraine's relationship with India and more.

Ukraine's Deputy FM, Iryana Borovets talks about the evolution of Ukraine's relationship with India

The body of a man who was shot dead in Spain is believed to be that of a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year.

Pilot Maxim Kuzminov who stole Russia's MI-8 chopper found dead

The chiefs of the Indian and Russian Nuclear Power establishment paid an inspection visit to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, which is a joint project between the two nations and the flagship project of bilateral technological and energy cooperation.

Indian & Russian officials inspect India's largest nuclear power plant

Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education has removed the head of a prestigious genetics institute, Alexander Kudryavtsev, who stirred controversy by asserting that ancient humans lived for centuries, and the reduced lifespan of modern humans is a result of ancestral sins.

Russian geneticist dismissed over controversial claims that sin shortened human lifespan

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine strains to bolster it's army as war fatigue weighs. Fatigue grows and morale wanes in Ukraine. With western aid stalled, Ukrainian troops run low on artillery. Pessimism over prospects for a victory is rising in Ukraine. Watch to know more!

Russia-Ukraine war: Pessimism over prospects for a victory is rising in Ukraine

The investigators, who were carrying out a search operation at the site where a Russian military transport plane crashed, have found the flight recorders of the plane, as per media reports.

Investigators find flight recorders present inside Russian plane crash: Report

Four individuals have miraculously survived the Moscow-bound jet crash in Afghanistan, as reported by Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia on Sunday (Jan 21). A charter plane destined for Moscow had gone off the radar on Saturday (Jan 20) after which it was reported that it had crashed in the mountains in northern Afghanistan.

Four miraculously survive Moscow-bound charter jet crash in Afghanistan

A batch of Russians are to arrive as first tourists in North Korea for the first time since it implemented some of the harshest COVID-19 border lockdowns in early 2020, reports said on Friday (Jan 12).

North Korea to welcome Russian tourists for first time since harsh Covid restrictions

Despite the ongoing war with Russia, some Ukrainian have been making the trip back home from the UK.

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine celebrates first December Christmas

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