An SU-34 drops a glide bomb over Ukrainian positions in an image released by the Russian Defence Ministry last year.

Putin gives old Soviet bombs jet engines to strike deeper into Ukraine

The evolution giving the bombs a much greater range will probably put further strain on Ukraine’s stretched air defences.

  • Joe Barnes

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Lavrov’s absence sends Kremlin rumour mill into overdrive

Russia’s long-serving foreign minister appears to have been frozen out by Vladimir Putin after the collapse of a summit planned with US President Donald Trump.

  • Kieran Kelly
Danish police patrol at Copenhagen Airport in September after a drone incursion.

How a single night of mayhem exposed dangerous gap in Europe’s defences

It took just one night for Europe to be suddenly reminded of its total exposure to airborne malice,forcing leaders to step up work on their defences.

  • David Crowe
Kira Korolev and Igor Korolev,the accused Russian spies arrested in Brisbane.

Accused Russian spies to spend Christmas behind bars

The case triggered national concerns of foreign interference given Kira Korolev’s position in the army as an information systems technician.

  • Cloe Read
A soldier from Ukraine’s 33rd Separate Mechanised Brigade at the scene where a Russian glide bomb struck minutes earlier near Pokrovsk earlier this year.

Ukrainian troops battle to hold key town as Moscow says pincer closing

Russia says its troops killed all 11 members of a Ukrainian special forces team sent to the city on a mission to halt the Moscow’s advance. Ukraine denies the claim.

Donald Trump speaks to reporters on board Air Force One on Friday.

Trump doubles down on nuclear tests as Russia issues warning

The US president’s surprise remarks have drawn confusion inside and outside the government – and a reaction from the Kremlin that risks restarting the Cold War.

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A jobseeker holds an L3Harris flyer at a career in Montreal,Quebec,Canada,this month. Reported say Peter Williams was the general manager of L3Harris subsidiary Trenchant until August this year.

‘Betrayed’:US unleashes on Australian who sold stolen defence secrets to Russia

Peter Williams,39,admitted to the theft of eight cybersecurity-related trade secrets from his US employer and selling them to a Russian broker for $2 million.

  • Michael Koziol
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin hails successful test of Russian missile one expert calls ‘a tiny flying Chernobyl’

The Russian leader has ordered his country’s armed forces to prepare for the deployment of a weapon with an almost unlimited range and an unpredictable flight path.

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The sudden death of a young chess grandmaster and the cheating scandal upending the game

Daniel Naroditsky was found unresponsive at his home in North Carolina,triggering bitter accusations that his chess idol – Russian grandmaster and former world champion Vladimir Kramnik – had bullied him.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the “Coalition Of The Willing Meeting” at 10 Downing Street.

Zelensky urges US to expand Russian oil sanctions,seeks long-range missiles

The Ukrainian president was in London for talks with European leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country from future Russian aggression in the event of a ceasefire.

  • JIll Lawless