Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces have also captured the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv.

• December 2, 2025

Canada joins the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) rearmament initiative, giving access to $170bn in loans for military equipment procurement.

• December 2, 2025

The US defence secretary and White House have defended the second strike, but Trump has said he would not have wanted it.

• December 2, 2025

White House ‘optimistic’ about a deal, but Ukraine still wary that plan is based on Russian demands.

• December 2, 2025

By Shanthie Mariet D’SOUZA, PhD, founder & president, Mantraya Institute for Strategic Studies (MISS)

Strategic autonomy worked when Washington was indulgent. Now India must choose what matters more. It may be no more than an annual ritual: the Indian Prime Minister and the Russian President meeting each other alternately in either country. However, the current geopolitical churn creates a special interest in Vladimir Putin’s impending visit to India, tentatively planned for the first week of December 2025, to attend the 23rd India-Russia Summit. He is expected to devote a large part of his meeting with Narendra Modi to finding ways to keep the strategic relationship alive amid New Delhi’s continuing attempts to arrive at a compromise trade deal with Donald Trump’s America. Unlike Putin’s India visit in 2021, which was a quieter affair, New Delhi is now laying out the trappings to greet the Russian President. Although the visit may not witness the grand optics mostly reserved for US leaders, a slew of preparatory visits by senior officials from either side are underway to make Putin’s official trip appear out of the ordinary. READ MORE

• November 25, 2025

Ukraine’s Kyiv pounded by hundreds of Russian drones

• November 14, 2025

The new slab will bring tariffs on Swiss imports to the same level as for the European Union.

• November 14, 2025

Strike comes a day after fierce Russian assault on Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least six people and injured dozens.

• November 14, 2025