A Ukrainian mine explosion killed one person in the village of Bahatyr in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said, while persistent Ukrainian drone attacks have forced people to flee the area, Russia’s state TASS news agency reports.

In October 2025, Ukraine's elite SBU Alpha unit launched a series of daring raids near Pokrovsk, dismantling Russia's air defense and electronic warfare network in what military analysts describe as the most devastating single-unit strike since the war began in 2014.

While Beijing supports Moscow’s war, it is also preparing to use Ukrainian reconstruction as a means of advancing its economic interests in Europe.

The remains of a Dubliner missing in Ukraine since August, when he was killed by a Russian drone on the frontline, have been recovered and identified using DNA testing. The funeral of Alex Ryzhuk (20) from Rathmines in south Dublin is due to take place in the village of Kryliv, near the city of Rivne, western Ukraine, on Wednesday.

A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier on Thursday to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war, the first time Ukraine has jailed a suspect on such charges.

Russia is accusing NATO of practicing a blockade of the country during recent large-scale exercises in the Baltic Sea, as well as preparing for a conflict with Russia.