N ATO fighter jets were scrambled and air defense systems put on alert in Poland in response to Russia's latest overnight drone and missile strikes in Ukraine, the Armed Forces Operational Command in Warsaw said in a series of social media posts.

Mark Rutte's comments come a day after Putin rejected US proposals for peace in Ukraine after talks with US negotiators in Moscow.

Russia is threatening to reject President Donald Trump's Ukraine peace plan unless "key understandings" from his Alaska summit with President Putin are upheld.

President Donald Trump is escalating his immigration crackdown. Meanwhile, top US officials will meet a Ukrainian delegation in Florida.

In an interview with India Today, Putin criticised the West, saying that Russia did not start the Ukraine war, but it was Kyiv’s action under the influence of the West which dragged Russia into the conflict, which has been running for almost four years.

The White House national security strategy lays out its conflict with Europe amid the Ukraine war—follow Newsweek's live coverage.

Family ties may become strained for former South African President Jacob Zuma after his eldest daughter accused her half-sister of deceiving 17 men – half of whom are reportedly relatives – into fighting for Russia in Ukraine.