Fighting continues in Kursk as video shows burnt-out Russian trucks
Video posted on social media on Friday and verified by Reuters showed a convoy of burnt-out Russian military trucks along a highway in the Kursk region of southern Russia, where ...
Mexico rejects Ukraine’s request to arrest Russia’s Putin during visit
The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine’s government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of ...
Russia battles Ukrainian troops for a third day after major incursion
Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region, an audacious attack on the world’s ...
Ukraine war
Ukraine pierces Russian border, triggering fierce clashes
Russia said on Wednesday it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces that had penetrated its southern border near a major natural gas transmission hub, in one of the largest ...
Russia warns Ukraine: peace terms will only get worse
A top Russian official told Ukraine on Tuesday that the longer it waited to enter peace talks, the tougher the terms would be for its people.
Moscow has said talks ...
Russian military chief Gerasimov inspects forces in Ukraine
The chief of Russia’s general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has inspected Russian forces in the combat zone in Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry said Gerasimov heard ...
Google to blame for slower YouTube speeds in Russia, says senior lawmaker
YouTube speeds in Russia are set to sharply decline on desktop computers due Google’s failure to upgrade its equipment in Russia and its refusal to unblock channels of Russian ...
Ukraine says it sank Russian submarine, hit airfield, oil depots
Ukraine’s military said on Saturday it had sunk a submarine in Russian-controlled Sevastopol, attacked a southern Russian airfield and hit oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in ...
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on flight
A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under cover that their children found out they ...
Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Thursday, hours after being freed from Russian detention in the biggest prisoner exchange ...
Americans Gershkovich, Whelan freed alongside Russian assassin in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were released by Russia on Thursday as part of the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the end of the ...
Signs of imminent prisoner exchange between Russia and the West multiply
Signs of a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Belarus on one side and the United States, Germany and Slovenia on the other, multiplied on Thursday but there was no ...
Russia launches one of war’s largest drone attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv’s military says
Russia launched several waves of drones on Kyiv in what was one of the war’s largest attacks of its kind targeting Ukraine, the military administration of the city said ...
Kremlin rejects ‘absurd’ US accusations of election meddling
The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed as absurd U.S. intelligence assertions that Russia is seeking to meddle in the presidential election and said that U.S. spies were intent on ...
Russia’s Yandex, under new ownership, proposes dividends for first time
Russian technology company Yandex on Tuesday said it may start paying dividends for the first time, as it reported a sharp rise in core earnings after completing a lengthy and ...
At least 140 people hurt as Russian train smashes into truck
At least 140 people were injured in southern Russia on Monday when a train carrying 800 passengers smashed into a truck on a level crossing, causing eight carriages to derail, Russian Railways ...
Russia welcomes Trump comments on ‘war machine’ that defeated Napoleon, Hitler
The Kremlin on Friday welcomed Donald Trump’s comments on Russia being “a war machine” that had defeated Napoleon and Hitler, but said it was not wearing rose-tinted spectacles when ...
Kremlin will retaliate over EU transfer of frozen asset proceeds to Ukraine
Russia will carefully consider how to respond to the European Union’s transfer to Ukraine of 1.5 billion euros taken from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...
Russian drones knock out Ukrainian power facilities near Kyiv
Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in two regions between the capital Kyiv and the Russian border with drones overnight, leaving tens of thousands of people without power, Ukraine’s national ...
Putin meets Syria’s Assad in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin, the president’s press service said on Thursday.
“I am very interested in your opinion on how the ...
Russia says US election upheaval shows schism in American society
Russia said on Wednesday that the upheaval surrounding the U.S. election, including an assassination attempt against Donald Trump and the exit of President Joe Biden from the race, showed ...
Russia considers diesel export ban amid rising domestic prices
The Russian government is considering a ban on exports of diesel due to rising domestic prices, the Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday, citing several unnamed sources.
Russia is the world’...
Moscovites who sign up to fight in Ukraine to receive 5 times the average nominal wage
Residents of Moscow who sign up to fight in Ukraine will receive a down payment of 1.9 million roubles ($21,777) from the city, taking their annual pay in their first service year ...
Kremlin pledges legal action over planned EU interest transfer
The Kremlin on Tuesday called a European Union plan to use interest earned on frozen Russian assets to fund military aid to Ukraine “theft” and said it would take legal ...