Russia has launched dozens of missiles and drones against Ukraine as at least one person was killed in the capital of Kyiv in the attack. Ukraine’s air force said Russia had fired 60 drones on Thursday night,

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s pursuit of closer ties with China has raised private questions from Donald Trump’s incoming administration, European diplomats and even some senior British officials.

Ukraine said on Friday that Colonel General Alexei Kim, a deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, ordered a missile strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine in August that killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and wounded two of the agency's journalists.

China's selective restrictions on key drone components limit Ukraine's drone production capacity while strengthening Russia's. This commentary examines how the United States can strengthen Ukraine's domestic drone production during and after potential negotiations.

US president-elect Donald Trump has suggested that China could play a key role in brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine, in comments that referenced the dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's 50-year regime in Syria on Sunday.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s efforts to curb China’s and Russia’s access to American-made advanced computer chips have been “inadequate” and will need more funding to stymie their ability to manufacture advanced weapons.

A Pentagon report says China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has strengthened its ties to Russia.

At a CNN town hall in May 2023, Donald Trump promised that if elected, he would end the war in Ukraine in a single day. That bullish pledge has now become a familiar refrain, with the president-elect insisting that he uniquely has the nous to bring Russia and Ukraine to the table and force a truce.

The Russian leader said that, if he could do it over, he'd have launched his invasion even earlier than February 2022.

In a recent statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin provided new insights into China's role in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. He emphasized the growing importance of China as an ally in Russia’s geopolitical strategy and outlined fresh plans to strengthen this partnership.

A carefully managed continuation of the war against Ukraine, by contrast, benefits China in asserting its global leadership.