Russian forces have improved their standing almost everywhere along the frontline, the president says Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which has been underway since early June, has completely failed, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has said.

The southwestern Kursk region alone was targeted by 18 UAVs, as wells as multiple artillery strikes Russian air defenses thwarted a total of 27 attempted Ukrainian drone attacks overnight, Moscow’s military said. The Defense Ministry later confirmed that 18 plane-type drones had been intercepted over Kursk Region, and two more over Belgorod Region on Saturday…

In a worst-case scenario, the world would be plunged into a recession and lose $1 trillion in GDP The global economy would fall into recession with oil prices skyrocketing if Iran were to get involved in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Bloomberg reported this week.