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Estonia hit by massive cyberattack amid tensions with Russia

The Russia-based and pro-Russia hacker group Killnet said it was responsible for the attack on the former Soviet-occupied country.

Russia

China to send troops to Russia for military exercises

Beijing has said it wants to take relations with Moscow "to a higher level", despite international condemnation over the war in Ukraine.

My Europe Series

How the economic impact of war is starting to bite in southern Ukraine

As if being bombed wasn't enough of a hardship, now Ukrainians are struggling with the financial impact of war.

Europe Decoded

Explained: What is Gazprom and what makes it so powerful?

The energy giant has an exclusive monopoly to export Russian pipeline gas.

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Germany

Germany refuses to back calls for Russia tourist visa ban

Chancellor Scholz says the EU should not be making it more difficult for Russians who want to flee Putin's regime, to leave the country.

Russia

US basketball star Brittney Griner appeals nine-year Russian jail term

Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted on 4 August after authorities found cannabis oil in her luggage

World News

Ukraine war: Nuclear "blackmail", Hungary gas imports, Ukraine anthem

"Blackmail" at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Hungary imports more Gazprom gas, Finns play Ukraine anthem to Russian tourists. These are the latest developments in the Ukraine war.

World News

Portugal and Spain back Scholz over Iberia—central Europe gas pipeline

The German chancellor said a pipeline linking the Iberian peninsula to central Europe was "sorely" lacking, as the continent seeks to wean itself off Russian gas supplies.

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11 unidentified civilians buried in Bucha after Russian occupation

Eleven bodies are buried in a cemetery in Bucha, where more than 400 other unidentified people are buried. "Most of them were shot dead. So it was neither an accident nor an explosion.

Germany

Ex-chancellor Schröder sues German parliament over lost privileges

Schröder has been widely criticised for his ties with Russia after the country invaded Ukraine.

Russia

'May the dead children haunt you': Defiant Russian journalist in court

Marina Ovsyannikova was charged over a street protest last month, when she held up a banner calling Putin a killer, and Russian soldiers fascists.

My Europe Series

'Rockets flew by, we wallpapered': Escapee on life in occupied Kherson

Kherson was one of the first cities to fall under Russian occupation at the start of the war.

Tech News

How can countries protect themselves against cyber warfare?

The Former Chief Strategy Officer for Cyber Policy, US secretary for defence during the Obama administration, says why improving cybersecurity is paramount.

Ukraine

Belarus denies reports of 8 explosions at airbase near Ukraine border

The Belarus military says the incident at the Gomel base, where Russian jets are stationed, was caused when a vehicle engine caught fire.

Latvia

Latvia MPs declare Russia a 'state sponsor of terrorism'

They have also called on other European countries to "express the same opinion".

The Cube

TikTok is still promoting banned Russian content to users, says report

A study by Tracking Exposed has found that some new videos from Russian appear via the For You page on TikTok.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: The key developments you need to know

A former Russian state TV journalist detained, H&M and IKEA flog final stock, and oil deliveries restart

Russia

Russia journalist who made TV war protest arrested and has home raided

Ovsyannikova generated headlines in March by appearing on state-funded TV with a placard reading "stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here".

Ukraine

Ukraine war: The key developments you need to know today

A huge explosion at a Russian-held military base, a rise in premature births in Ukraine, a spat over nuclear weapons inspections and a cross-Baltic call to stop giving visas to Russian tourists.

Ukraine

Ukraine hints blasts at Russian base in Crimea were an act of sabotage

The social networks were abuzz with speculation that it was an attack by Ukrainian-fired long-range missiles, but the Kremlin denies this.