EXCLUSIVE: Trapped in his own home, one Ukrainian man used his phone as a weapon to fight the Russian invasion.

Vladimir Putin called Donald Trump to wish him a very 'happy birthday' while fears grow an all-out war is set to erupt in the Middle East.

Just over a year ago, plans were revealed for a massive tunnel complex and an ultra-secure bunker located nearly 50 meters underground beneath Vladimir Putin’s lavish palace on the Black Sea coast. This underground refuge was designed to protect the Russian president in case of a foreign attack—or even a revolution at home.

Trump has generally veered away from overtly criticizing Putin while openly berating Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky, but has repeatedly condemned Russia's lethal airstrikes and floated that the Kremlin could be "tapping us along."

Zelensky claims his troops ‘gradually pushing back’ Putin’s forces in Sumy - Russian forces seeking to create 'buffer zone' in Sumy after beating back Ukrainian incursion into Kursk

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with US President Donald Trump, the Russian state news agency TASS informs. Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov said the conversation lasted 50 minutes and was "useful.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is afraid that conducting military exercises near the Ukrainian border could provoke tensions. Zelenskyy made the remark in response to questions about whether the joint military drills between Belarus and Russia might be used as a cover for a potential ground offensive.

Russia’s combat casualties in Ukraine are projected to reach the “grisly milestone” of one million this summer, according to a recent Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report. -This staggering figure,

As Putin ramps up his summer offensive in Ukraine, will he succeed? - ANALYSIS: Russia is stepping up its summer offensive both on the ground and in the air but support from Europe and sophisticated drone warfare could help Ukraine hold Moscow back.

Russia has used its fleet of bombers to rain hellfire on Ukraine. On June 1, Kyiv responded by going after those bombers.

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has proven extremely costly for the Russian military, with the Ukrainian General Staff announcing that one million Russian soldiers have been killed since the war began on February 24,