French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are the foreign leaders viewed most favorably by Ukrainians, according to a new survey by Rating Group.

Japan has protested a rare Russian missile exercise near disputed islands claimed by Tokyo, days after President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the territory.

Russia’s Pacific Fleet said it conducted the exercise around the Southern Kuril Islands using the Bastion coastal defense missile system, the guided-missile cruiser Varyag and the nuclear-powered submarine Omsk, Bloomberg and Kyodo News reported.