Moscow wants to be able to deploy 2,000 drones in a single strike, according to the assessment of a senior German military official.

Kyiv residents who managed to sleep on another night of intense Russian air attacks woke to an increasingly familiar scene on Monday morning, as smoke wreathed several districts of the city, hospitals treated the wounded, and damage to civilian buildings and transport infrastructure made journeys to work slower and more stressful.

MOSCOW - Foreign vessels will require the approval of Russia's FSB security service to access the country's ports, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The U.K. and Germany are leading a NATO meeting Monday to discuss sending weapons to Ukraine. British and German defense officials are hosting the virtual talks, joined by U.S. and NATO leaders.

The Yelabuga plant in Russia, employing teenagers, produces thousands of drones each month to further strengthen Putin's strategy of nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities and other civilian targets.View

Beijing is betting that economic pressure and diplomatic defiance will force concessions, but its stance could put more strain on its ties with Europe at a crucial time.

Organizers in Italy say a concert by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been canceled after protests against giving the stage to a conductor who hasn't condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.