Russia was forced to downsize its celebration parades honouring the navy on Sunday amid security threats from continuing Ukrainian drone attacks, Kremlin officials said.Annual parades of Russian warships to mark the Navy Day were cancelled in St Petersburg,

Security expert Fred Fleitz argues Trump's strategy of pressuring Putin through oil sanctions and NATO arms deals will be effective but may take years to resolve the Ukraine conflict.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia would prefer to resolve the conflict through dialogue, but said military operations continue because "opponents rejected the path of negotiations."

As Trump demands a deal to end the Ukraine war in 50 days, Russia's deputy foreign minister says "demands, especially ultimatums, are unacceptable."

Ukrainian officials say Russia has fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight. That tops previous nightly barrages for the third time in two weeks.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, including one in Dnipropetrovsk region where Moscow says its troops have begun to make advances.

Since Russia launched the war in Ukraine in February 2022, travellers in Russia have become accustomed to flight disruptions. Aeroflot said that "specialists are currently working to minimize the impact on the flight schedule and to restore normal service operations".

Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said.

Russian airline Aeroflot cancelled dozens of flights on Monday after what it called a failure in its information systems, and a shadowy hacking group claimed responsibility for what it said was a crippling cyberattack.

Thousands of people took to the streets this past week to protest the Ukrainian government’s efforts to hamstring two anticorruption agencies. President Volodymyr Zelensky was forced to back down and restore their independence. The protesters, for now, have won.