Zelensky to press Nato for air defence systems after intense Russian strikes

The Ukrainian president will use the Nato meeting in Turkey to argue he needs more interceptor missiles.

Trump Passports Debut, Delighting Some and Dismaying Others

The Washington Passport Agency started issuing the limited-release documents with President Trump’s image on Monday, catching a few applicants by surprise.

By Gabe Castro-Root

The flaws in Trump’s Venezuela strategy

The US-backed socialist regime has botched its response to the earthquakes

Europe is putting real money — and industry — behind NATO

The alliance that has leaned too heavily on U.S. muscle is building its own — and buying American, too

By Mark Rutte

Ukraine war briefing: Drones strike Russia oil refinery in Siberia as Zelenskyy warns region now ‘within reach’

Ukrainian president says long-range attack an ‘important achievement’ while also pleading for better air defences. What we know on day 1,595 Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Omsk oil refinery – the country’s largest, located deep in Siberia – in what would be one of Ukraine’s longest-range attacks of the war, Kyiv’s military said. Local Russian authorities confirmed the strike, which came on the eve of a crucial Nato summit. The strike caused a fire at the Omsk refinery, about 2,700km from Uk...

By Guardian staff and agencies

Russia-Ukraine war escalates before NATO summit

Russia pounds Kyiv ahead of NATO summit, as Ukraine war returns to center stage amid high-stakes diplomacy.

By Joanna Kakissis

Report warns Russia using shadow fleet to probe NATO drone defenses

A new IISS report links Russia's shadow fleet vessels to 144 suspected drone incursions over NATO military bases and nuclear sites across Europe.

NATO urges members to deliver plans for reaching defence spending targets

US warns of consequences for NATO members without clear spending plans, signalling high expectations from allies.

Trump heads to Turkey as NATO is strained by Russian attacks, U.S. impatience

Trump frequently vented about NATO members' refusal to heed U.S. calls for help clearing the Strait of Hormuz during its campaign against Iran.

Zelenskyy says "battle in the sky" will be decisive in war against Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the decisive phase of the war against Russia is now being fought in the skies and will determine its outcome.

By STANISLAV POHORILOV

NATO chief boasts European spending ahead of key summit

Under pressure from Washington, the impetus is on European NATO members at this week's summit in Ankara to show they can deliver on defense spending commitments.

Nato can’t be ‘naive’ about China as it ramps up military might, Rutte claims

Nato cannot be “naive” about China’s military development, as the Indo-Pacific and European theatres are becoming “more intertwined”, evident in Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Nato’s Secretary General said. During a pre-summit press conference on Monday, a day before the Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week, Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte responded to questions about a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine firing a test missile into the Pacific. Rutte said that Nato “cannot...

By Seong Hyeon Choi

Russian missile and drone strikes kill 24 in Kyiv ahead of NATO summit

Russia launched a deadly barrage of missiles and drones on Kyiv on Monday, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 100 in its second major strike on the capital in a week. The attack came on the eve of a NATO summit, where President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to press allies for stronger air defence support.

By FRANCE 24

Ukraine couldn't stop a Russian ballistic missile barrage. Officials say Patriot interceptors are running out.

Ukrainian officials said Monday that Kyiv has effectively run out of Patriot interceptors. US Army photo Russia launched a massive overnight bombardment that included 23 ballistic missiles. Ukraine didn't shoot down any of the ballistic missiles in the attack, which killed and hurt dozens of people. Officials said Kyiv's stocks of high-end US-made Patriot interceptors are running low. Ukraine didn't shoot down a single Russian ballistic missile during a massive attack that began Sunday nigh...

Turkey’s Air Defense Future Takes Shape With No Role For Russian S-400 - Forbes

Turkey’s Air Defense Future Takes Shape With No Role For Russian S-400  Forbes

Allies arrive for NATO summit hoping defence spending can buy unity and Trumps patience

The two-day gathering comes a year after members pledged to ramp up security-related spending to five per cent of GDP under pressure from the U.S president

By AFP

Susan Dell's face sparks buzz again after Oval Office appearance for Trump Accounts; 'what happened?'

Susan Dell joined President Trump at the White House as he launched his new “Trump Accounts” investment program.

Russian strikes kill 24 in Kyiv region on eve of NATO summit

The attack hit just days after another Russian strike killed more than 30 people in the Ukrainian capital.

Ukraine War Resolution "Closer" After Talks With Putin, Zelensky: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a resolution to the more than four-year-old war in Ukraine is "getting closer than people realize" and that he will talk about Ukraine during talks in Turkey this week at a NATO summit.

Zelenskiy: It is ‘absurd’ that production of missile defence arms cannot meet demand

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy lamented a shortage of arms to defend Ukraine against Russian ballistic missiles on Monday and said it was “absurd” that production could not meet demand to protect people. “It is simply absurd that, in the modern world, production has still not been scaled up to the level actually required to protect people […]

Germany plans to boost spending on defense, security to one-third of budget by 2030

Russian strikes kill 20, exposing Ukraine's air-defence shortage

Ukraine fails to intercept 23 Russian ballistic missiles as Patriot missile stocks dwindle

By Reuters

Death toll after Russian attack on Kyiv rises to 16, 56 injured

The death toll in Kyiv following Russia's massive overnight attack has risen to 16 after rescuers recovered another body from the rubble.