The Royal Air Force said the mission demonstrated NATO's commitment to collective defense and its ability to respond to threats.

China's yuan-denominated exports to Russia in September posted their biggest drop in seven months, accelerating the decline seen in August, Chinese customs data showed on Monday. Outbound shipments to Russia contracted 21% in yuan terms last month to 63.

Scores of sanctions from the US, EU, UK and others have weakened Russia’s economy, but not its resolve to carry on fighting. What’s now needed is not just more but smarter penalties, experts say.

Russia reacts to reports that one of its submarines suffered a malfunction after surfacing off the coast of France.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is facing a gas shortage and has tapped into its "rainy day" diesel reserves.

Ukraine's foreign minister accused Russia on Sunday of deliberately severing the external power line to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in order to link the plant to Moscow's power grid.

Russia has accused the U.K. of plotting a sabotage operation in a move that shows Moscow is setting the conditions for a conflict with NATO, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Russia’s coal industry has become one of the main economic casualties of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war in Ukraine, as sanctions, rising costs and weak prices have plunged miners into their worst crisis in more than 30 years.