This year, imports of Russian energy actually increased in seven major European countries after over three years of war.

On Sept. 9, Russia violated Polish airspace with multiple drones. Four days later, they menaced Romania with a similar incursion. Since then, we’ve seen Russian fighter jets in Estonian skies and unidentified drones above airports in Oslo and Copenhagen,

European Union leaders are aiming to greenlight a new raft of sanctions against Russia at a summit on Thursday.

The Kremlin may have convinced itself that US President Donald Trump didn’t have the stomach to apply real pressure on Moscow to end the brutal conflict in Ukraine.

More than three and a half years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe is still grappling with its energy security by diversifying its oil and gas imports away from Moscow and toward other markets.

Russia’s long-range capabilities are greater than Ukraine’s. Between October 16 and 22, Russia launched 859 drones and 77 missiles into the beleaguered country. Ukraine intercepted three-quarters of the drones but fewer than half the missiles, many of which were ballistic.

MOSCOW/KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States hit Russia's major oil companies with sanctions on Wednesday and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major training exercise involving nuclear arms.

Squeezed by Trump and taxpayers, E.U. leaders are weighing a plan to tap into some $200 billion in frozen Russian assets to give Ukraine cash.