Russia
Russia bombs Ukraine, cripples power
Russia renewed strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and intensified air attacks, causing widespread damage and power outages, Ukrainian officials and multiple outlets said as Kyiv resisted.
Putin tomb visit fuels nationalism
Vladimir Putin met with his generals and prayed at Peter the Great’s tomb on his birthday, in a move critics said projected nationalist symbolism and cult-of-personality.
Russia Withdraws From Plutonium Pact
Russia’s State Duma voted to withdraw from a U.S. agreement on reducing weapon-grade plutonium stockpiles, formally moving to scrap the arms-control pact and citing U.S. measures.
Moscow threatens to down Tomahawks
A Russian parliamentary defense committee chief warned Russia would shoot down Tomahawk missiles and bomb their launch sites if the United States supplied the weapons to Ukraine.
