The BBC’s Frank Gardner explained how the incident highlighted tense relations between Russia and Nato.

Russian forces are conducting unannounced nuclear force exercises in order to demonstrate strength to Ukraine’s allies and divert attention from battlefield difficulties.

Firefighting efforts are ongoing in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone after a blaze caused by the downing of Russian drones on May 14, with more than 412 hectares of land affected.

Ukrainian forces engaged in 177 combat clashes with Russian invaders on the frontline as of 22:00 on Wednesday, with the highest number of enemy attacks repelled on the Pokrovsk axis, where the enemy lost more than 40 personnel.

A Russian drone attack on May 20 destroyed a two-story residential building in the Sumy region.

Rescuers removed the vehicle from near the shoreline and police arrested the driver, who was attempting to use the vehicle’s "wade mode".

Russian forces on May 20 launched drone strikes on the Chuhuiv community in the Kharkiv region, damaging infrastructure and injuring a civilian.

The spy scandal has revived fears that Austria remains a hotbed of Russian espionage activity.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received credentials from the newly appointed ambassadors of Panama, Mongolia and Peru.

FC Dynamo Kyiv claimed the 2025/26 Ukrainian Cup title after defeating FC Chernihiv 3-1 in the final at Arena Lviv.