Britain and allies including the United States issued an advisory on Wednesday warning of a Russian state-sponsored cyber campaign targeting the delivery of support to Ukraine and Western logistics entities and technology companies.

To check that this trend was not just an immediate post-invasion blip, we conducted the surveys again in September 2024 and February 2025. The overall proportion of Ukrainians who blamed Russia for the tensions remained high, with 85.7% and 84.5%, respectively. And again, these results held across the various demographic breakdowns.

After a joint investigation with allies including the US, Germany and France, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said a Russian military unit had been targeting both public and private organisations since 2022. These include organisations involved in supplying defence, IT services and logistics support.

In May, the European Union adopted a series of sanctions amendments that made it more difficult for Russian oligarchs and businessmen to avoid restrictions, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

The high-value Russian asset was hit during a combat patrol over Ukrainian territory, said Kyiv's Special Operations Forces.

Andriy Portnov, a pro-Russian former politician from Ukraine who was sanctioned by the U.S., was reportedly gunned down outside his kids' school in Madrid.

Pope Leo XIV has confirmed his willingness for the Vatican to host the next round of Ukraine peace talks, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni said."Finding in the Holy Father confirmation of the readiness to host the next talks between the parties in the Vatican,

Austria's central gas hub has registered increased trading volumes on its platform this year, overcoming fallout from the halt to Russian gas flows through Ukraine, Chief Executive Gottfried Steiner said.