“We are not ready for what is coming our way in four to five years. It is time to shift to a wartime mindset, and turbocharge our defence production and defence spending," Rutte said

The UN Security Council emergency session was requested by Moscow, Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky posted on Telegram on Sunday. 

Reuters also reported that a deal has been struck to ensure the safety of Russian military bases in the war-ravaged country

Turkey, Russia, and Iran meet in Doha as violence escalates in Syria, threatening the stability of Assad's regime and exacerbating the existing humanitarian crisis.

According to Reuters, the protests outside the Parliament in Georgia saw demonstrators building barricades, breaking windows, and setting off fireworks. Riot police responded with water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Russian forces continue their offensive, targeting villages in the industrial Donbas region and launching airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as winter intensifies.

Over recent days, Russian forces have conducted approximately 1,500 airstrikes across half of Ukraine’s regions, marking a significant escalation in their aerial campaign

According to Reuters, the ICBM, reportedly an RS-26 Rubezh with a 5,800 km range, was launched from Russia's Astrakhan region. Ukrainian officials stated that the attack damaged an industrial site in Dnipro, causing fires and injuring two people.

According to Reuters, the strikes targeted critical infrastructure across multiple regions and caused significant damage to Ukraine's energy grids

According to Reuters, Gatilov emphasized that any negotiations must take into account the "realities on the ground," pointing to Ukraine's weakened position in the ongoing conflict, with Russian forces now controlling one-fifth of the country.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, "This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, it's just false information."

North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, according to to US government official

With over 99 percent of the votes counted, just 50.3 percent of Moldovans–a margin of a few thousand votes–supported joining the EU, amid an election rife with allegations of Russian interference. 

The Guardian reports Gershkovich has been freed from a Russian prison, adding that sources familiar with the situation and the planned prisoner exchange confirmed to the Guardian that a major swap would take place on Thursday in a location outside Russia