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
An RAAF Wedgetail flies in formation with Australian and US jets in a file photograph.

Inside Australian spy plane’s secretive night over Europe

The crew know that when their screens light up,it means terror is coming to someone on the ground below.

  • David Crowe
Zelensky Albanese

Does Australia still stand with Ukraine? The reality no longer matches the rhetoric

In the past 12 months,the Australian government has made no new contributions of any kind to Ukraine – military,humanitarian or reconstruction. It’s baffling.

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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.

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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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
Xi Jinping looms large over the US-Australia relationship.

‘China doesn’t want to do that’:Trump’s bravado comes at a critical time

Xi Jinping wasn’t in the room,but he was top of mind as Anthony Albanese and the US president met. As was Taiwan.

  • Matthew Knott andLisa Visentin
Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon military fighter jets,left,and Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon military fighter jets,right,participating in NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission operate in Lithuanian airspace.

Russian planes violate Lithuanian airspace as Putin hits back at ‘unfriendly’ sanctions

The latest incident comes after the US imposed tough new measures against Russia’s oil industry,and Moscow warns of a “staggering” response if Ukraine is given long-range missiles.

  • Andrius Sytas
The cast members of La Ronde,with Sergiy Mishchurenko (third from left) and Geniris Mena atop the giant disco ball.

This circus performer was once a vegetarian – then he came to Sydney

For Ukrainian aerialist Sergiy Mishchurenko the lure of our abundant seafood is just the beginning of his love for Australia.

  • Steve Dow