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Russian attack on Ukraine kills at least 11 and traps others in damaged buildings

Russian missile strike that hit a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. **Efrem Lukatsky/AP** Efrem Lukatsky/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked

Russian drone and missile strikes hit Kyiv, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured

Russian attack wait in Kyiv, Ukraine. **Anton Shtuka for NPR/Anton Shtuka** Anton Shtuka for NPR/Anton Shtuka ![Night attack on capital aftermath. Kyiv, Ukraine, 02 June 2026

Ukrainian drones strike a St. Petersburg oil terminal ahead of Putin visit

Russian city hosted an annual international economic forum promoted by President Vladimir Putin. [![Night attack on capital aftermath. Kyiv, Ukraine, 02 June 2026

‘Something big taking place’: Why has Russia sent more nukes to Belarus?

2026 [Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via Reuters] Days after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Lukashenko conducted a “referendum” to amend the Belarusian constitution and allow the presence of nuclear weapons

Ukraine may have turned tide of Russian territorial gains, says think tank

attack, amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, near the city of Chornomorsk, Odesa region, Ukraine, May 3, 2026 [Nina Liashonok/Reuters] Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov recently told a Kremlin reporter he expected May oil revenues

Even if the Iran war ended today, US fuel prices aren’t likely to normalize this year

attacked Iran in late February, says [Denton Cinquegrana](https://www.opis.com/blog/post-author/denton-cinquegrana/), chief oil analyst at Dow Jones Energy. “For retail prices to drop $1.50, I think we could kiss that number goodbye for 2026

First Thing: China trip winds down but Trump-Xi Iran accord remains elusive

Russians practically demolished an entire section of the building with their missile,” president Zelenskyy said after visiting the site in Kyiv. The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs said it was “one of the deadliest attacks

Mali rattled by ongoing armed attacks: What to know

2026. Fighting is ongoing,” Mali’s military said in a statement on Saturday. Al-Qaeda-linked group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for attacks in Kati, near the capital

What is the Azawad Liberation Front, part of the Mali attacks?

2026 [File: Maxim Shipenkov/AP] ## What is Azawad? Azawad is a self-declared autonomous region in northern Mali proclaimed during the 2012 Malian civil war. The roots of the independence movement go back decades. Ethnic Tuaregs