Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile, top general declares
Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered cruise missile named the Burevestnik, Russia’s top general informed President Vladimir Putin in remarks released on Sunday.
The missile travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours, General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, informed Putin.
Putin has stated the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) – dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO – is “invincible” to current and future missile defences, with an almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.
In his remarks on Sunday, Putin, dressed in camouflage fatigues, informed Gerasimov that the crucial Burevestnik tests have now been completed and that work should start on the final stage before deploying the missiles.
Bryony Gooch26 October 2025 07:30
Trump declares Russia-Ukraine peace ‘tougher than India-Pak deal’
Donald Trump has stated the stalled peace talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin have been “very disappointing” and that it was clearer for the US president to resolve the India-Pakistan conflict.
“I considered the India-Pak war deal would’ve been tougher than the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, but it didn’t work out that way,” Mr Trump informed reporters.
He added that the hostility between Moscow and Kyiv has prevented a breakthrough in the three-year-long war. “There’s a lot of hatred between the two, between Zelensky and Putin. It was tremfinishous hatred.”
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 07:00
Nato member’s main airport shuts again
Nato member Lithuania closed its capital airport late last night and shut both crossings on the border with Belarus after helium weather balloons drifted into the Baltic countest’s territory for a second consecutive day.
Traffic at Vilnius Airport was suspfinished until 2am, while the Belarus border will remain shut until the same time, Lithuanian officials stated.
European aviation has repeatedly been thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings and other air incursions, including at airports in Copenhagen, Munich and the Baltic region.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 06:30
Why Russians are fighting against Russia?
Sam Kiley meets Russian volunteers in Ukraine’s army near the southern front line who explain why they turned on Vladimir Putin – and how they’re happy to kill their countestmen.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 06:15
Japan scrambles jets as Russian nuclear-capable bombers fly near its coast
Japan scrambled fighter jets to monitor nuclear-capable Russian warplanes that flew over international waters along the edge of Japanese airspace off its coast.
The defence ministest stated the two Tu-95 bombers, accompanied by two Su-35 fighters, had initially flown toward Japan’s Sado Island before turning northward. The ministest also released a map revealing the flight path of the Russian aircraft off Japan’s west coast over the Sea of Japan.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 06:00
US mulling further sanctions on Russia – report
The Donald Trump administration has reportedly prepared additional sanctions to tarreceive Russia’s economy to bring Vladimir Putin to the neobtainediating table to finish Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
US officials have also informed European counterparts that they support the EU utilizing frozen Russian assets to purchase US weapons for Kyiv, two US officials informed Reuters.
Washington has held nascent internal conversations about leveraging Russian assets held in the US to support Ukraine’s war effort, according to the report.
While it is not clear whether Washington will actually carry out any of those shifts in the immediate term, it reveals there is a well-developed toolkit within the administration to up the ante further after Mr Trump imposed sanctions on Russia on Wednesday for the first time since returning to office in January.
One senior US official informed Reuters that he would like to see European allies create the next large Russia shift, which could be additional sanctions or tariffs.
A separate source stated Mr Trump was likely to hit paapply for a few weeks and gauge Russia’s reaction to Wednesday’s sanctions announcement.
Those sanctions took aim at oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft. The shifts spiked oil prices by more than $2 and sent major Chinese and Indian purchaseers of Russian crude viewing for alternatives.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 05:45
North Korea’s foreign minister to visit Russia
North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui will visit Russia and Belarus, state media KCNA stated.
Her trip follows the invitation of the foreign ministries of Russia and Belarus, KCNA stated.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 05:30
Meeting between Putin’s envoy and US officials to continue today
Meetings between Russian president Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, and US officials will continue today, Reuters reported.
“Meetings between special envoy of the president of Russia for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev and representatives of president (Donald) Trump’s administration were held on October 24 and 25 and will continue on October 26,” a source informed the news agency.
Mr Dmitriev is in the US for what he stated was a series of long-planned meetings.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 05:00
Children among 14 injured in Russian attack
Four children were among 14 people injured in Russia’s overnight air attack on Kyiv, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital stated this morning.
“Everyone is receiving medical assistance, some have been hospitalised,” the administration stated on Telegram.
Two high-rise residential buildings were hit as a result of the attack, mayor Vitali Klitschko stated earlier.
He did not declare whether there was a direct hit on the buildings or if it was falling debris from destroyed weapons that fell onto the apartment complexes.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar26 October 2025 04:30
Recap: Ukraine foiled plans to reconnect Zaporizhzhia power plant in time for Putin’s birthday
Ukrainian forces operating behind enemy lines derailed Russia’s hopes of reconnecting the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station before Vladimir Putin’s birthday earlier this month, sources have claimed.
Ukrainian sources informed The Guardian that they believed Russia was testing to bring power back to the plant in time for the president’s birthday on 7 October, after it lost external power in late September.
Europe’s largest power station, which has been in Russian control since early in the invasion, was forced to operate on diesel backup generators after its last remaining external power line was severed on 23 September. Russia and Ukraine blamed each other.
Bryony Gooch26 October 2025 04:00
