The war has not been going the Kremlin’s way recently, with battleground losses and mounting casualties. With renewed strikes, Moscow hopes to gain a better position for negotiations.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow is ‘losing on the battlefield’ despite launching major attack, says Kyiv - Ukraine remained defiant after a major assault on cities across the country that killed at

A massive overnight drone barrage against Moscow underscores Kyiv's growing ability to strike deep inside Russia.

The security provisions in recent agreements with the Taliban may reflect intent, but the more immediate benefit on the Russian side appears to be addressing the labor shortage.

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A Moscow arbitration court has granted a Russian central bank request for immediate enforcement of a court ruling requiring Euroclear to pay damages for ​the European Union's freezing of 18.17 trillion roubles ($252.

Trump hailed a cease-fire between the two sides ahead of the parade, as Zelensky issued an apparently tongue-in-cheek decree permitting the event.

Moscow’s repeated warnings of a major strike, combined with the delay before it happened, seemed intended to inflict a psychological toll on the Ukrainian capital.