World leaders had hoped to secure U.S. backing for tougher sanctions on Russia, which struck Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight.

On the face of it, Russia has so much to lose. Iran has been a particularly useful “strategic partner” for the Kremlin, not only sharing a disdain for Western values and influence, but also supplying the Russian military with vast squadrons of Shahed aerial drones, enabling the relentless bombardment of Ukraine.

Oil options are now more bullish than after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, showing a global market that’s on edge as Israel and Iran trade blows, and speculation mounts that the US may join the attack.

Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Kyiv as G7 Weighs Response to Escalating War | Firstpost America | N18G Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks on Ukraine’s capital this year, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens in overnight strikes on cities such as Kyiv and Odesa.

The European Union is moving closer to banning all imports of Russian oil and natural gas more than three years after Moscow launched its unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has revealed a fundamental truth of modern conflict: resources are everything. Even as the battlefield shifted into a new era of drone

Kyiv. Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, June 17th, destroying an apartment building, residential structures, injuring up to 16 people, city officials said.

The European Union should be open to resuming Russian natural gas imports if a peace deal is reached between Russia and Ukraine, an Austrian official said, as Brussels readies a proposal to ban Russian imports.

World leaders had hoped to secure U.S. backing for tougher sanctions on Russia.