Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, declared on Sunday that Kyiv’s counteroffensive had “failed” as he began a two-day meeting with Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally. The two established leaders have not spoken since Lukashenko put an end to the biggest challenge to Putin’s moreRead More →

Despite having to divert flights for several hours, Russia claimed on Tuesday that Ukraine had assaulted Moscow with at least five drones that were all either shot down or jammed. Moscow’s air defences shot down four Ukrainian drones, while a fifth was jammed and crashed into the Odintsovo neighbourhood ofRead More →

An important Russian envoy to the United States stated early on Wednesday that a “transparent and objective” international probe is required into the explosions at the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines. Andrey Ledenev, minister-counsellor at the embassy, commented on claims that the US apparently advised Ukraine not to strike theRead More →

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was planning to exploit specifically created backdoor flaws in Apple phones, according to a report released on Thursday by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). This malware was previously undisclosed. Several thousand Apple phones, including those of domestic Russian users, have been infected, according toRead More →

MOSCOW/KYIV: According to Moscow, Ukrainian artillery bombardment in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine claimed the lives of five persons. Drone strikes were also reported on two Russian oil facilities on Wednesday. In a week in which both nations accused one another of using airstrikes to sow terror in their capital cities asRead More →

Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow on Tuesday, according to Russia, in what one legislator described as the worst such attack since World War II, while Kyiv was also bombed by air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia dispatched soldiers to its neighbour in February of last year, theRead More →

Reuters (Reuters) – Foreign investors who left Russia after selling their firms there between March 2022 and March 2023 withdrew almost $36 billion, according to the state RIA news agency, citing statistics from the Central Bank. In reaction to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, many of the world’sRead More →