Security expert Fred Fleitz argues Trump's strategy of pressuring Putin through oil sanctions and NATO arms deals will be effective but may take years to resolve the Ukraine conflict.

It's easy to forget Russian and Ukrainian soldiers continue to fight for every inch of frontline territory in Ukraine, and the world feels like it has moved on.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, including one in Dnipropetrovsk region where Moscow says its troops have begun to make advances.

You know, everything you tell us will be used against you,” the interviewer on Russian TV warns Timur Shagivaleev, the man behind one of the country’s biggest drone factories.

Falling inflation has persuaded the central bank in Moscow to continue relaxing the country’s record borrowing costs.

Russia will launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Sunday, Russian authorities said, as the two former communist bloc allies move to improve ties following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Almost 50 people including children are feared dead after a Soviet-era passenger plane crashed in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, state media reported on Thursday, citing local officials.

Over the past hours, videos showing the immediate aftermath of strikes on the northern city of Kharkiv in Ukraine have been shared on social media channels. Thirty-three people, including four children are reported to have been injured in the strike, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

"Putin got a 50-day pass to kill as many people as he can and do whatever he wants in Ukraine," Hope for Ukraine CEO told Newsweek.