Russia is ramping up attacks on gas networks and power stations again this year, but in the past week Ukraine has set ablaze several Russian oil refineries.

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Russia has unleashed a massive wave of attacks on Ukraine's railways since the summer, using new tactics to hit key nodes with long-range drones, but the network is holding up for now, the CEO of the state railway company told Reuters.

Ukraine's armed forces face a challenging fall as Russia intensifies efforts to seize the eastern Donetsk region.

The war in Ukraine has diverted Russia’s resources and attention away from its own critical domestic security issues, creating uneven gaps in its ability to address terrorism, corruption, regional instability and the return of fighters from the war.

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

Russia has said it believes NATO is plotting a "landing" in Ukraine as part of a bid by the European Union to "occupy" Moldova.

President Zelensky says Moscow seeks to "intimidate civilians", while Russia reports four deaths in a Ukrainian strike.

A U.N. expert reports that repression in Russia is escalating, targeting civilians, journalists, and Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Ukraine's armed forces face a challenging fall as Russia intensifies efforts to seize the eastern Donetsk region

Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has said the UK will confront Russian planes violating Nato’s airspace as she warned Moscow of risking "direct armed confrontation" with the Western alliance.“We stand ready to take all steps necessary to defend Nato’s skies and Nato’s territory.