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Life in the Baltic states is being lived on pins and needles these days. Whether it’s an agreed upon — or imposed — peace settlement in Ukraine, there is growing concern in the political, military and intelligence communities that Russia will soon be free to focus all of its attention …

Two people have been arrested in relation to the arson attack on the Russian consulate in Marseille on Monday, according to French prosecutors. The prosecutor’s department did not give any further details about who was arrested, apart from saying in a statement on Tuesday that they were two key individuals. On Monday, three projectiles …

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was pressing France over security measures following an explosion at a Russian consulate building in Marseille which Moscow said appeared to be an act of terrorism. The incident took place in the southern French port city on the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war. A French security source …

The top diplomats from Russia and the U.S. met Tuesday in Saudi Arabia for about four hours to discuss improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, in talks that represented a rapid and major change in American foreign policy under U.S. President Donald Trump. President Vladimir …

Nearly three years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some Ukrainians in southwestern Ontario say they’re feeling uneasy about the future and whether they’ll be able to remain in Canada as the war continues. Close to 300,000 Ukrainians arrived in Canada after Feb. 24, 2022. Ottawa offered them temporary resident status through the …

Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in the latest strike on the country’s hobbled power system as it approaches mid-winter. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian forces launched more than 40 …

Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of last year. Ukraine’s energy minister, Herman Halushchenko, confirmed on Wednesday morning that Kyiv had stopped the transit “in the interest of national security.” “This is a …

Russia’s security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, didn’t name the suspect, but said he was born in 1995. …

A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also in distress after sustaining damage, Russian officials said. The vessels were in the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and Crimea, …

Russian troops destroyed or captured several Ukrainian positions near the eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv’s military said on Wednesday, as Moscow bears down on the strategic logistics hub that is home to a unique Ukrainian coking mine. After months of accelerating advances toward Pokrovsk, Moscow’s forces are now as close as …