Russia

Dialogue focused on the issue of global polarisation — a phenomenon exacerbated by Russian President Vladmir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022

Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out against a massive onslaught of Russian artillery in the salt mining town of Soledar in the east, with drone footage showing utter devastation…

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday to oversee the military campaign in Ukraine, in the latest shake-up of Moscow's military…

More than 244,000 people applied for asylum in Germany last year, and more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees came to the country looking for shelter from Russia’s war, the government said. The No…

Russia has appointed Colonel-General Alexander Lapin as chief of staff of the country's ground forces, state-owned news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, despite fierce criticism from leading hawks…

Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones attacking Ukrainian cities are the most obvious indicators to date that Iran has become a threat to Ukraine and its European neighbors. According to the Ukrainian…

Russia acknowledged that dozens of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war's deadliest strikes, angering Russian nationalists, including lawmakers, and drawing demands for commanders to be…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that his only wish for all Ukrainians for 2023 was victory and resolved to stay the course while the country fights for it. "I want to wish all of us one thing -…

People in the centre of Moscow prepared late on Saturday to mark a somewhat muted New Year's Eve without the usual fireworks and celebrations on Red Square, with many saying they wanted peace in 2023…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing as Russia…