India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, exit polls suggest. At least seven Russian, Belarusian, Latvian, and Israeli journalists and activists have been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware within the EU
Read MoreMore death and destruction in Ukraine from Russian missile attacks. Authorities in Russia are set to implement a new law allowing them to seize money or property from those, including journalists, who have been convicted of spreading “fake news” about, or otherwise discrediting, the military. A stunning new poll came out in Israel showing PM Netanyahu and his party would be obliterated
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MoreBillionaire Elon Musk has a change of heart about supporting Ukraine’s war effort. A senior UN envoy accuses Russia of using rape as a weapon in Ukraine
Read MoreUkraine says its forces have advanced in three regions: Kherson, Kharkiv and Donetsk. President Volodymyr Zelensky says his troops are making rapid progress, especially in Kherson. Russia's entire presence on the west side of the Dnipro river now looks vulnerable
Read MoreUkraine achieves significant gains on the battlefield, forcing Russian forces to retreat further. The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has confirmed with Moscow that Russian forces detained the chief of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Read MoreRussia and Ukraine have traded accusations of shelling in southern Ukraine as four Ukrainian territories partially occupied by Russian forces continued to vote in so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation. Moscow continued to use Iranian-made kamikaze drones to strike Ukraine
Read MorePresident Putin announces military reservists are to be sent to Ukraine as part of a partial mobilisation of Russian forces. In a televised address to the nation, he said this was a necessary step to ensure Russian territorial integrity. He accused the West of "nuclear blackmail" and said a threat to retaliate was "not a bluff.” At the UNGA, one western leader after another blasted Russia. Expect new sanctions and restrictions
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