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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The incident came shortly after an estimated 20 Russian drones crossed into NATO member Poland. Both Warsaw and Tallinn triggered NATO’s Article 4, in which member nations come together to discuss “whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened.”