President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia had tested its Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. Here are some key facts about the weapon. - The 9M730 Burevestnik, whose name translates as "storm petrel",

Ukraine has accused Russia of firing cruise missiles banned under a historic treaty with the US, with experts claiming the weapon could pose a wider nuclear threat to European security.

Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is central to the Kremlin’s political and military priorities; its importance -- economic, cultural, historic -- stretches back decades, if not centuries. Why the fixation?

Russian forces are close to taking the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after a pincer movement almost totally encircled it while small groups of highly mobile Russian units penetrated the city, according to Russian military bloggers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a military uniform, announced on Oct. 26, 2025, that Russia had successfully tested a nuclear-powered missile. If true, such a weapon could provide Russia with a unique military capability that also has broader political implications.

It is increasingly difficult for Putin to finance his war. Every Euro we deny Russia is one it cannot spend on war."

The invasion of Ukraine is becoming a long-range missile war, as both sides seek military advantage away from the blood-soaked, muddy, drone-saturated death traps of the eastern Ukraine trenches.

Russia has recently used a missile whose secret development once triggered the U.S. withdrawal from a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, sources from Ukraine’s foreign ministry told Reuters. The revelation links a weapon central to Cold War-era security agreements directly to the war in Ukraine.