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Russia said its forces had captured two new villages in their slow advance through Ukraine's east and south, but its Defence Ministry made no reference to the Ukrainian drive near the towns of Pokrovsk and Dobropillia.

Russia has launched a large-scale missile and drone attack across Ukraine, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more.

BORISOVSKY TRAINING GROUND, Belarus and LONDON -- Russia put on a display of firepower as part of its major military exercises in Belarus on Monday, with neighboring NATO nations on alert amid some of the highest tensions in Europe since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

US President Donald Trump has said that the United States will help secure peace after the end of Russia's war in Ukraine. Source: Trump in an interview with Fox News; Reuters Quote: "After the war is settled,

British Royal Air Force Typhoons have completed their inaugural Nato air patrol over Poland in response to a recent Russian drone incursion. The operation is intended to reinforce Nato airspace security and demonstrate alliance solidarity.

The Russian state media network RT was one of the first outlets to broadcast graphic footage of the assassination last week.