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

Mariana Katzarova, the U.N. special rapporteur focusing on human rights in Russia, presented her latest report that said Russian authorities have stepped up their use of “criminal prosecution, long-term imprisonment, torture and ill-treatment” to quell opposition to the war ordered by President Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine's leader to push for "robust action" against Russia at U.N. gathering, as America's NATO partners accuse Putin of dangerous incursions, and lies.

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has told the UN that UK and NATO forces will confront unauthorised planes in Europe's skies, after recent Russian violations of airspace. Elsewhere, Vladimir Putin has made an offer on nuclear weapons to Donald Trump.

Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha proposed mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of drone technology, climate research, and other sectors to the Association of Caribbean States.

Alexander Lapin earlier faced criticism from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov after Russian forces withdrew from the Ukrainian town of Lyman.

With little chance of NATO membership for Ukraine, the country’s Western allies have bought into an alternate strategy for helping it repel Russia: invest billions in Ukraine’s weapons industry so it can better defend itself.