Russia’s troops now control the only land link between the Baltic states and the rest of NATO territory. Around it, they create a lethal exclusion zone — mines, rocket artillery, drones and air defenses — designed to keep anyone from pushing them off the ground they have seized.

Envoys from Russia and Ukraine are to meet for a new round of U.S.-brokered talks in Geneva next week as both sides keep fighting and trading long-range strikes.

A Russian family sought asylum in the United States. In the Dilley ICE detention center in Texas, they say their children endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medication.

U.K. to deploy aircraft carrier strike group to Arctic regions amid Russian threat concerns, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces at Munich Security Conference.

Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities again overnight as Ukraine accuses Russia of dragging its feet on new U.S.-brokered peace talks.

WhatsApp on Thursday said Russia had attempted to "fully block" its service, with 100 million users affected. The Kremlin later confirmed the move.

The West should introduce sanctions on Rosatom and Russian officials and their relatives in the EU and the US, Zelenskyy has said in Munich.

Recruiters and propagandists who previously worked for Russia’s Wagner Group have emerged as a main conduit for Kremlin-organised sabotage attacks in Europe, according to western intelligence officials.