The US-led military bloc “expected miracles” of Kiev’s troops, an American officer told the British newspaper NATO was overly optimistic about the Ukrainian military’s ability to regain ground before its summer counteroffensive, The Times reported on Saturday, citing an unnamed US officer. The British newspaper noted that officials in Kiev had begun blaming their Western…

Beijing says it will take steps to protect its sovereignty after the trip by “troublemaker” William Lai China’s Foreign Ministry has condemned a visit to the United States on Saturday by Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai, and vowed that it will retaliate.

Russian air defenses shot down a drone over Belgorod Region in the early hours of Sunday, the Defense Ministry has reported, blaming Ukraine for the foiled attack. In a post on its Telegram channel, the ministry said: “Today at about 04:00 an attempted terrorist attack by the Kiev regime involving one plane-type unmanned aerial vehicle,…