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French President Emmanuel Macron has warned his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi about the consequences of delivering drones to Russia. In a phone call, Macron urged Iran to "immediately cease" the support it is giving Russia in the war…

The White House says Russia received hundreds of one-way attack Iranian drones that it is using to strike Ukraine. Citing newly declassified information, the White House said the drones, or Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), were built in…

Three people were hurt by shards of broken glass when a drone struck a residential building in the southern Russian city of Voronezh. Regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Friday that the three people had received medical attention…

African leaders, seeking to help end the war, agreed for a mediation mission in mid-June to Russia and Ukraine, the South African presidency announced. Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa indicated that his Russian and…

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is awaiting final agreements with key allies who have offered to provide Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets. "Our partners know how many aircraft we need," Zelenskiy was quoted as saying in a…

Ukrainian forces have retaken part of the village of Berkhivka, north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. "Now part of the settlement of Berkhivka has already been lost, the troops are quietly running away. Disgrace!" Russian mercenary leader…

Russian police have arrested more than 100 people who had taken to the streets to mark the 47th birthday of Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, a protest monitoring group said. OVD-Info said in a statement that 109…

Russia says its forces have thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops. Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine had attacked with…

Military officials in Ukraine's capital say its air defence systems repelled all missiles and drones on their approach to Kyiv as Russia launched a wave of air attacks on Ukraine early on Sunday. "According to preliminary information,…

President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of his Security Council on Friday that "ill-wishers" were increasingly trying to destabilise Russia and that this must be prevented. "We must do everything we can to make sure that under no…