At a security meeting in Helsinki, Moldova's president told European leaders that Russia will stay a major danger to Europe even after a peace deal in Ukraine is reached, no matter who leads Russia.
The New York Times reports that an oil deal connected to business associates of President Trump has become part of talks, brokered by the United States, to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
Russian forces struck the Northern Bridge over Kyiv's Dnipro river on Saturday, a day after hitting the city's Southern Bridge.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had threatened to use nuclear weapons against NATO countries if the alliance took action against Kaliningrad, a Russian territory squeezed between Poland and Lithuania.
European governments warned this week that Russia is waging a 'hybrid war' — using sabotage, disinformation and other below-the-radar attacks instead of open combat.
Russia fired missiles and drones at Kyiv and nearby areas overnight, killing at least three people, including a child, and wounding several others.
Britain said it would extend nuclear protection to Finland, promising to help defend it with nuclear weapons if it were attacked.
Andrej Babis, prime minister of Czechia, keeps saying the Ukraine war needs a diplomatic solution and that someone must talk to Russia.
For months, officials described suspicious fires, drones and outages as vaguely "hybrid" without saying who was responsible.
A drone spotted over Berlin's main airport, BER, forced air traffic controllers to halt all flights before reopening the airspace.
Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones early Thursday, killing two people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
This week, Western officials called Russia's actions against Europe — cyberattacks, sabotage, and disinformation — 'hybrid warfare,' a term for tactics that fall short of open war.