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AerCap can recover over $1 billion, UK court rules

The world's largest aircraft lessor AerCap can recover over $1 billion in relation to jets stuck in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, London's High Court ruled today, though that is less than the roughly $2 billion it sought.

Business • 11 Jun

Kharkiv, Ukraine bore the brunt of the latest Russian attack

Russia launches deadly strike in east Ukraine

Fresh Russian strikes on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv have killed three people and wounded 60 others, including children, authorities said, as Moscow pushed ahead with attacks after rejecting an unconditional ceasefire.

Ukraine • 11 Jun

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 10: A building damaged after a Russian missile and drone attack on June 10, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. On the night of June 10, the Russian army attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones. Damage was recorded in seven districts of t

Russia carries out 'massive' drone attack on Kyiv, Odesa

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the United States and Europe to respond to a fresh bout of Russian attacks of more than 300 drones and seven missiles.

Ukraine • 10 Jun

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pictured during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not in the picture) in Berlin, Germany, on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Russia, Ukraine swap first prisoners in large exchange

Russia and Ukraine have swapped a first group of captured soldiers - part of an agreement reached during peace talks that appeared to be in doubt over the weekend.

Ukraine • 10 Jun

A road sign marks the entrance to the Dnipropetrovsk region, installed on the border between the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions at an undisclosed location

Russia claims key Ukraine advance as peace talks stall

Russia said that it was advancing into Ukraine's eastern Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in its three-year invasion, a significant territorial escalation amid stalled peace talks.

Ukraine • 08 Jun

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - June 28, 2021. Crowd of moving people with luggage trolleys on 1st floor at Domodedovo airport hall. Travel or immigrate. Long exposure.

Three drones targeting Moscow shot down, Russia says

Russian air defence forces have shot down three drones attempting to attack Moscow, according to the capital's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Ukraine • 06 Jun

CHERNIHIV OBLAST, UKRAINE - JUNE 5: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Firefighters work on putting out the fire th

Russia buying time 'to continue killing' - Zelensky

A Russian drone hit into a residential house in central Ukraine, killing three members of one family, including a one-year-old baby, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Ukraine • 05 Jun

Ukraine's secret service said it carried out the attack on the bridge

Ukraine claims fresh attack on Crimean bridge

Ukraine said it had detonated a bomb under the Crimean bridge which links the annexed peninsula to Russia and has been widely targeted since Russia invaded in 2022.

Ukraine • 03 Jun

Video shows the moment Ukrainian drones struck the Belaya airfield

Ukraine stages major drone attack on Russian aircraft

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said a mass drone strike targeting Russian airbases is Ukraine's "most long-range operation" in more than three years of war.

Ukraine • 01 Jun

Authorities did not say who was behind the explosions, but investigators said a criminal inquiry was under way (Image: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations)

7 dead as two bridges in Russia collapse in 'blasts'

The overnight collapse of two bridges in Russian regions bordering Ukraine that killed seven people were caused by explosions, Russian officials have said, treating them as "acts of terrorism".

Ukraine • 01 Jun

European governments frequently blame the vessels for damaging, deliberately or not, undersea cables, and of posing a maritime environmental threat (File image)

Sweden steps up rules against Russia's 'shadow fleet'

Sweden has announced new rules upping checks on foreign vessels in the Baltic from 1 July, reinforcing a crackdown on Russia's "shadow fleet" of tankers deployed to circumvent sanctions on its oil trade.

World • 31 May

A woman walks amid debris near a damaged house in a residential district hit by a Russian airstrike in Sumy, Ukraine (File image)

Evacuation order for 11 villages on Ukraine border

Authorities in Ukraine's Sumy region bordering Russia ordered the mandatory evacuation of 11 villages because of bombardments, as Kyiv feared a Russian offensive there.

Ukraine • 31 May

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot posts adjusted Q1 net loss

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has today reported an adjusted net loss of 3.4 billion roubles ($43.31m) in the first quarter of 2025, down from net profit of more than 6 billion roubles in the same time a year ago.

Business • 30 May

Zelensky accuses Russia of 'another deception'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia was engaging in "yet another deception" by failing to hand over its peace settlement proposal ahead of a potential meeting between Moscow and Kyiv.

World • 29 May

Ukraine and Russia agreed the largest prisoner swap of the war but the talks have not yet yielded an end to the conflict

Ukraine ready for peace talks, wants Russian terms first

Ukraine has said it is ready for more direct talks with Russia but demanded that Moscow needed to provide its peace terms in advance to ensure the encounter yielded results.

Ukraine • 28 May

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 28: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky review a guard of honour upon Zelensky's arrival for talks at the Chancellery on May 28, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Merz recently said he will allow Ukrain

Ukraine, Germany to jointly produce long range missiles

Germany and Ukraine will develop the joint production of long range missiles, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said during a visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin.

Ukraine • 28 May

The defence company is riding the biggest demand boom since the end of the Cold War

Defence group Saab reiterates financial targets

Swedish defence material maker Saab reiterated today its 2023-2027 targets for organic sales growth of around 18% with operating income growth higher than organic sales growth.

Business • 27 May

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MAY 27: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'UKRAINIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Rescuers try to extinguish a large-scale fire at a civ

Trump warns Putin he is 'playing with fire' over talks

US President Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv as Russian forces made gains in Ukraine's northeast.

Ukraine • 27 May

A man looks out of the window of his apartment after it was damaged in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv

Ukraine hit by drone attack as Trump calls Putin 'crazy'

Russia fired its biggest ever drone barrage on Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said, just hours after US President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin "crazy" and warned Russia risked new sanctions if it kept up its bombardment.

Ukraine • 26 May

Local residents at the site of Russian drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukraine says 15 people hurt in 'massive' Russian attack

Russia launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring 15 people.

Ukraine • 24 May

270 Ukrainian military personnel and 120 civilians were returned to Ukraine in the swap

Ukraine, Russia free hundreds of prisoners in major swap

Russia and Ukraine have each released 390 prisoners and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.

World • 23 May

The German deployment is aimed at deterring potential Russian aggression towards Lithuania

Merz warns of Russia threat during Lithuania visit

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that Russia threatens security in Europe as he visited Lithuania to mark the official formation of Germany's first permanent overseas military unit since World War II, aimed at bolstering NATO's eastern flank.

Europe • 22 May

SMBC said today its annual core lease rental revenue grew by 3% to $2 billion

SMBC says Boeing and Airbus output has made some progress

Boeing and Airbus have made progress in boosting aircraft manufacturing, but there is "a way to go" to get a stable, predictable production cycle, the head of aircraft leasing giant SMBC Aviation Capital said today.

Business • 22 May

Vladimir Putin visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant during his visit to the region

Putin visits Kursk as six killed in strikes on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Russian forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the area last month.

World • 21 May

Destruction after Russian shelling on the private sector in Kramatorsk, Donetsk

US expects Russia offer soon as Zelensky sounds warning

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he expected Russia to present a Ukraine ceasefire outline within days that will show if it is serious, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of buying time.