Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by hailing his forces fighting in Ukraine and blasting the West for fueling conflicts around the world.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary late Wednesday, the final stop on his five-day European tour, where he’s expected to finalize a number of agreements with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that will deepen China’s economic footprint in the region.

Britain will expel Russia’s defense attaché over spying allegations as part of several measures the government announced Wednesday to target Moscow’s intelligence gathering operations in the U.K.

Russian university leaders are imbuing the country’s education system with patriotism to favor Putin, quashing Western influences and dissent.

The Russian missile and drone strikes, which lasted more than three hours, targeted energy infrastructure in six Ukrainian regions.

Kosovo’s foreign minister said that her country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in Ukraine for conflict not to spread further in Europe. She said her young nation’s support for Ukraine is unconditional even though Kyiv has not recognized Kosovo’s independence.

A Moscow court rejected Wednesday an appeal filed by a Russian deputy defense minister’s lawyers who sought to have him moved from prison to house arrest as he faces bribery charges.

China and European Union candidate Serbia signed an agreement on to build a “shared future,” making the Balkan country the first in Europe to agree on such a document with Beijing.

The Pentagon needs a new method for measuring whether countries in Europe and Asia are carrying their fair share of the security burden, according to a new U.S. military-sponsored study.

Europeans focus more on curbing immigration than on climate change and less than 15% of those interviewed across the globe consider climate issues to be among the top three priorities for their government, according to a global study.

Grief, anger, humor, defiance and fear are some of the emotions Ukrainians are grappling with as they face a third year of war. One researcher says an increasing number of Ukrainians feel “the West is tired of Ukraine” and allies aren’t sending much-needed weapons. But most still believe Ukraine will win the war.

The Commerce Department has further restricted the sale of U.S. technology to China’s leading high-tech firm, Huawei Technologies, revoking certain allowances of U.S. chip sales amid renewed fear that Huawei’s gear may be more susceptible to infiltration by Chinese intelligence agencies.

Campus protests by pro-Palestinian activists spread across Europe on Tuesday as some called for a break in academic ties with Israel over the war in Gaza, while schools increasingly faced the question under debate in the U.S.: Allow or intervene?

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, who was stationed in South Korea, traveled through China to Russia to visit a girlfriend. Black was arrested and remains in custody on charges he stole from the woman, U.S. officials said.

Belarus on Tuesday launched drills involving missiles and warplanes capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons.

The leader of one of the most prolific ransomware gangs was indicted and sanctioned by the US government on Tuesday, the latest effort by law enforcement authorities to crack down on rampant cybercrime.

Ukraine warned the Kremlin is expanding its use of TikTok to question the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s presidency and undermine the nation’s morale as Russia presses its advantage in cyberspace as well as on the battlefield.

The military installation that hosts the U.S. Army’s 207th Military Intelligence Brigade in Longare, Italy, is nameless no longer. It is now called Caserma Matteo Miotto in honor of a soldier from nearby Thiene who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010. 

Russians are learning to live with the war that Vladimir Putin has unleashed in Ukraine. The invasion has become part of everyday life for many Russians, confounding expectations that the pressure of international sanctions and deepening isolation would eventually turn them against him.