In short: (ABC-Australia) At least 28 people, including five children, have been killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian army targeted a five-storey residential block in Pryluky as a “birthday gift to Putin”. Since the summer, Russia has used increasing numbers of jet-powered drones to target Ukraine at all hours of […]
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Russia’s missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan
TOKYO, 24 AUGUST 2026 (THE GUARDIAN) — Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries. Russia’s Pacific fleet said on Thursday that it had fired Bastion surface-to-ship missiles from Etorofu, the largest island in the disputed […]