"Just a couple of days ago, I received a report that the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic has been 100 percent liberated," Leonid Pasechnik said, although not everyone agreed.
North Korea plans to triple its troop deployment to Russia to support its military efforts in Ukraine. An additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers are expected to arrive in Russia in the coming months, CNN reported, citing a Ukrainian intelligence assessment.
The decision to halt some weapons transfers to Ukraine comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded with Western allies to bolster its aerial defenses after intensifying Russian airborne attacks, CNN reported.
Russian President Putin and French President Macron spoke by phone for the first time since 2022, discussing Ukraine and the Middle East. Putin blamed Western policies for the Ukraine conflict, while both leaders agreed diplomacy is key to resolving global tensions, RT reported.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the West's attempt to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia using the Ukraine conflict will fail. He accused NATO and the EU of militarizing Ukraine and warned that Western policies pose serious threats to Russia's security.
Russian forces launched a massive overnight strike on Ukraine's industrial and oil facilities using missiles and drones. Ukraine confirmed the attack, reported major damage, and lost an F-16 jet. No casualties were reported, but critical infrastructure was hit in several regions, including D
"I consider the Russian and Ukrainian peoples to be one people," CNN quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying. "In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours."
While addressing the Fair Play Conference on Friday, Zelenskyy called for the creation of a new international platform for controlling the export of dual-use goods, which he stressed would not only help Ukraine defend itself against Russia but also indirectly against its "accomplices," su
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected NATO's claims of Russian aggression, criticizing its defense spending hike. They accused the West of ignoring Moscow's security concerns and offered peace talks if NATO addresses the root causes of the Ukraine c
NATO's plan to raise defense spending won't affect Russia's security, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, according to RT. He dismissed the threat claims as baseless and reiterated Moscow's openness to peace talks if NATO expansion and support for Ukraine are addressed.