4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (263+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin during an hour-long phone call to end the war against Ukraine in order to open up “impressive” U.S.-Russian trade prospects, the Kremlin said Tuesday. “Donald Trump clearly conveyed the idea that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (254+ words) President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's budget deficit, which grew by 40% in the first half of this year to reach 2.8% of GDP, poses no "critical" risk for the economy and remains manageable. "Considering that we have one of the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (321+ words) Russian transportation authorities on Wednesday vowed to prevent any disruptions to domestic air travel after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the day before that Kyiv's drone attacks were making Russian airspace too dangerous for flying. Transportation Minister Andrei Nikitin said…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (316+ words) The Moscow Times Russian forces struck a transhipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on Aug. 29, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Telegram. The attack caused a temporary power outage that shut down the port city's public transport…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (263+ words) Ukraine and Russia exchanged 10 prisoners of war each, officials in Kyiv and Belarusian state media announced Monday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling the swap a “special stage” of ongoing prisoner exchanges with Moscow. Belarusian state media reported that Minsk…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (909+ words) The Moscow Times Russia’s war against Ukraine is entering another dangerous phase with both sides relying heavily on long range strike systems, including Ukraine executing attacks at depths of over 2,000 kilometers from its borders. As the risk of further escalation…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (216+ words) Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and a residential building in the republic of Bashkortostan, leaving at least one person injured, regional head Radiy Khabirov said Wednesday. Khabirov said air defense systems intercepted four of six drones that targeted the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (129+ words) Russian troops have taken control of 19 settlements in southeastern Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions over their summer campaign, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry cited a report by Pyotr Bolgarev, commander of the eastern…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (447+ words) Organizers of a major forum for Russian military drone operators have postponed this year’s event, citing intelligence that Ukraine was preparing an attack involving ballistic missiles and what they described as “terrorist bio-drones.” The annual Dronnitsa meeting, scheduled for Aug....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (901+ words) As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, Russia continues to maintain commercial ties with the European Union despite mounting pressure to close the remaining gaps in the bloc’s sanctions regime. Russia exported goods worth 7.7 billion euros ($9.0 billion) to…...