Russia-Ukraine war

Following several recent escalations, Russia led an airstrike on Poltava – a city in central Ukraine – on Tuesday.

According to Ukrainian officials, the attacks targeted 15 regions — more than half the country. Power and water supplies across Ukraine were disrupted by the attacks.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian soldiers now control up to 1,000km² of Russian territory — a marked shift from the way the war began.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison after he was accused of spying for American intelligence.

Russian strikes in Ukraine have killed at least 36 civilians and injured 140 others, including a strike on a children’s hospital.

It comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in his first visit to the country in 24 years.

An independent think tank compared levels of peacefulness across 163 nation-states for its annual Global Peace Index.

A plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been foiled, Ukraine security officials have said.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has indefinitely banned 235 Victorian and South Australian politicians from entering the country.

Ukraine has legalised medicinal cannabis with the backing of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid concerns of rising mental ill-health.

A military plane has crashed in Russia killing all 74 people on board, including dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is in Russia, where he is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin.

The leader of a group that rebelled against Russia’s military in June is believed to have died in a plane crash.