Kyiv’s forces were pressing a renewed offensive in southern Russia. Israel says Hamas has not provided any information about the status of those 34 hostages, dampening any notion that the ...

We reported earlier that Ukraine had launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, according to the Kremlin (see post at 9.49am). Russia's ministry of defence then claimed it had thwarted ...

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