Russia's military recruitment fell 20 percent in the first quarter of 2026 against a year earlier — and the incentives meant to reverse it are extraordinary, with signing bonuses worth several years of an average Russian salary.

The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the most important historic and religious symbols of Ukraine, has been hit in Moscow's drone and missile attack overnight on Monday, in what President Zelenskyy has called “one of Russia’s most serious crimes against Christian culture to date.

Firefighters move paintings to the basement of the damaged Kharkiv Art Museum following a drone strike in Kharkiv on June 14, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP via ) Five first responders were killed and at least five others were wounded in a Russian double-tap strike on Kharkiv while they were battling a fire caused by an earlier attack,

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday officially started European Union membership negotiations, launching a process that will require its government to commit to years of political reforms even as it fights a Russian invasion.

June 15 () - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, one of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's closest allies, said in an interview published on Monday that Russia and Ukraine must compromise ‌to end the war that has raged for more than four years with no ‌end in sight.

THE HAGUE, June 15 (Reuters) - An international court found that Russia flouted some sea laws during the construction of the Kerch Strait bridge between mainland Russia and annexed Crimea, but dismissed Ukraine's claims that Moscow was unlawfully trying to keep the strait under its sole control,

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive a lawsuit from an aide to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation. The justices rebuffed an appeal from Carter Page,

The leader of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine called Putin the "Kremlin Antichrist" after a disturbing strikes on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex.

MOSCOW, June 15 (Reuters) - Russia is allowing some oil refineries to produce fuel with lower environmental specifications for the domestic market, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, as Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure squeeze supplies.

Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.