Kyiv denies Russia’s claim of Kursk Oblast recapture, as Moscow confirms North Korea role

Editor's note: The story is being updated. Russian forces have fully recaptured the territory of Kursk Oblast, the Russian border region partially held by Ukraine since last August, the Kremlin claimed on April 26 in a statement later disputed by Kyiv. …

Ukrainian troops forces out of Kursk region, Russia claims

All Ukrainian troops have been forced out of Russia's Kursk region, the Russian military claims. Valery. Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff for Russia's Armed Forces, gave the news to President Vladimir Putin in a meeting on Saturday. " …

Zelensky dealt major blow as Donald Trump's plan to hand Russia land 'set in stone'

President Trump’s plan to allow Russia to keep occupied Ukrainian territories as part of a peace agreement is “set in stone,” according to sources. Pressure is growing on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept a US designed peace deal to prevent …

China funnelling arms into Russia for Putin's war machine using shell companies - expert

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin (Image: GETTY) China is using a shadowy network of shell companies to funnel arms into Russia, helping to fuel President Vladimir Putin's war machine in Ukraine, an expert has claimed. Stefan Bejan, an investigator at …

Trump adamant about Russia keeping Ukraine's land but flexible on formal Crimea recognition, Times reports

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to allow Russia to retain control over seized Ukrainian territory is "set in stone," the Times reported on April 25, but flexibility remains about recognizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Trump, who briefly …

Trump says Russia, Ukraine ‘very close to a deal,’ urges the 2 sides to meet soon

“Most of the major points are agreed to,” Trump said in his social media post shortly after arriving in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis. “They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet, at very high levels, to ‘finish it off’,” Trump …

Russia attacked Chornobyl Nuclear Plant in February, damaging confinement. Can it be fully restored?

The confinement over the fourth nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has not been functioning properly as a protective shield for almost three months. On Feb. 14, on the day of the Munich Security Conference, a Russian drone hit the …

General Staff: Russia has lost 947,610 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

Front-line situation not severe enough for Ukraine to be forced to accept Trump’s deal, experts say Russia is waging small-scale assaults across the entire front, but the situation on the battlefield is nowhere near bad enough for Ukraine to be forced into …

Russia's military confirms North Korean soldiers fought against Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region

French films are still very popular in Russia

"Gaspar Noé's odyssey in Russia": That was how the Russian distributor Arthouse and the magazine Moskvichka described the French filmmaker's visit to Moscow in August 2024, capturing the moment with a photo on Red Square. The director of …