Russian and Ukrainian delegates are meeting in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers.

Ukrainian peace talks Monday amid heightened tensions after Ukraine's drone attack on Russian airfields, and unclaimed bridge explosions.

Ukraine's large-scale, coordinated drone strikes on Russia's high-value aircraft on Sunday packed a punch against part of Moscow's military that had been relatively unscathed by the war in Ukraine. But they have likely also benefited a NATO scrambling to prepare for a possible war with Russia,

The latest wave of drone strikes on the Kremlin's military assets comes hours before Russia and Ukraine are set for the next round of peace talks in Istanbul. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said this morning that a delegation will be going to Turkey with the main aim of reaching a "complete and unconditional ceasefire".

Up to 7,500 troops, 120 vehicles and 50 aircraft will take to the streets and skies of Washington, D.C., on June 14 to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. The event coincides with Trump's 79th birthday.

Ukraine and Russia met in Istanbul on Monday to exchange memorandums on a possible ceasefire to end Vladimir Putin’s three-year war, despite a gulf remaining between the two sides’ positions.

Britain will build new attack submarines, invest billions on nuclear warheads and move towards “war-fighting readiness,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, as he braces for a landmark report into the state of the country’s military.