Moscow is not winning on the battlefield. Instead, it is seizing an opening to inflict immense human suffering in Ukrainian cities.

By Maria Martinez and David Milliken BANGKOK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Germany warned on Thursday against efforts to bring Russia back on to the international stage, while Britain called for tighter sanctions on Russian shipping,

Two chemical tankers have been set ablaze in Romanian territorial waters, in a further escalation of what western authorities suspect are Russian drones breaching Nato territory.

Trump said he had brokered a cease-fire to protect energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials say bombs kept falling overnight on gas facilities, wounding 33 people.

By Tom Balmforth and Edward Carron LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Russia has nearly finished building a major new base for launching jet-powered drones in just six weeks, according to defence experts and a Reuters analysis of satellite imagery,

Moscow has chosen to "deliberately" escalate it's attacks, Kyiv said.

Romania has accused Russia of carrying out an attack on an oil tanker in the Black Sea. Seven crew members remain missing in the latest of a spate of drone attacks on merchant shipping off the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania.