Russian strikes on Kyiv and nearby districts damaged homes, vehicles, industrial sites and logistics assets as talks involving Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia were discussed.
AfD’s projected win in Saxony-Anhalt drew sharp reactions from Poland, Czechia and France, raising questions over coalition strategy in Europe.
AfD won Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8 percent, but coalition arithmetic leaves BSW, the CDU and minority-government scenarios at the center of the next phase.
Kaja Kallas cancelled an EU defence expert group after German and Italian objections, exposing tensions over defence governance and NATO planning.
Putin backed a plan to use medically unfit volunteers for rear-area drone defense, signaling pressure on Russia’s manpower strategy.
Germany plans a counter-drone and cyber shield that would give critical infrastructure operators a larger role in national defense.
U.S. envoys discussed Ukraine war plans with Putin before heading to Kyiv, in a diplomatic push with broad strategic and business implications.
NABU and SAP searched Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office in a case tied to alleged protection of fraudulent call centers.
Latvia says a Leipzig sabotage suspect had been living in Russia, deepening a case with implications for logistics security, visas and EU sanctions policy.
Volkswagen has approved a historic restructuring plan focused on model cuts, plant reviews, asset optimization and about 50,000 job reductions.
Moscow and Kyiv have both floated diplomatic openings, while U.S. envoys re-enter the process and shape the next phase of potential peace talks.
Norway’s seizure of the Professor Molchanov gives Naftogaz fresh leverage in its campaign to enforce a $5 billion award over expropriated Crimean assets.