Israel's air force achieved a "remarkable feat," said William Freer, a research fellow for national security at the U.K.-based Council on Geostrategy.

This is the second time President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone this month.

Iran conflict could open opportunities for Russia to possibly become a power broker to help end the confrontation.

World leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Canada scrambled Monday to find a way to contain the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

Ukraine alleged Monday that Russia mixed bodies of its own dead soldiers among the Ukrainian military dead that have been returned, and that more than a million Russians have been killed since conflict began.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rising global oil prices following Israeli strikes on Iran will strengthen Russia by increasing its oil revenues, aiding its war effort in Ukraine.

Russia fired 138 drones at targets across Ukraine in its latest overnight aerial assault, Kyiv’s air force has reported. Ukraine said they shot down 84 of the drones, and 41 more were either lost or downed using electronic warfare.

Russia has been accused of supplying North Korea with intelligence to help Kim Jong Un manufacture Shahed kamikaze drones, the same weapon Iran is using in attempts to penetrate Israel's 'Iron Dome' defense system.

Tehran's air defences lie in ruins after Operation Rising Lion - and Moscow's inaction signals a strategic rift