Ukraine claims its “Sub Sea Baby” underwater drones damaged a Russian submarine at Novorossiysk, marking Kyiv’s first successful strike on a Russian submarine in the war., Europe, Times Now

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed progress with US negotiators after two days of talks in Berlin as European leaders committed to coming to Kyiv's aid in a future attack by Russia to end a cycle of aggression extending more than a decade.

Ukraine has used long-range drones to attack Russian oil platforms as it expands its strikes on the country's energy sector.

A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war.

The Russian submarine was allegedly carrying Kalibr cruise missiles, which Russia has used in devastating strikes on critical infrastructure and military targets across Ukraine. The SBU said the submarine was “put out of action” as a result of the blast. The FT could not independently verify the claim.

The Kremlin has described Ukraine’s push to join NATO as one of the “root causes” of the conflict. Russia sees an expanding NATO as a major security threat. But NATO’s expansion into the Baltics and other post-Soviet states is driven by a fear that Moscow would one day invade and try to fold them back under its control—as seen in Ukraine.