Albanians protest Jared Kushner-backed resort plan on nature reserve

Ukrainian drones targeted St. Petersburg and the surrounding region for a second time after Russian President Putin rejected Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's offer of peace talks.

There is an ongoing NATO exercise taking place right now just off the south western coast of Estonia in the Gulf of Riga, and around the Baltic Sea stretching south to Skagan on the coast of Denmark.

Russia, the United States and European Union all have interests as geopolitics take centre-stage.

Unpopularity of the war may affect the US approach to the conflict and hurt Republicans in the elections, analysts say.