Russia prepares to take strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is now believed to be more dug in than ever, according to a recent intelligence assessment.
Trump warns Putin that U.S. nuclear submarine is stationed right off Russian shores in response to Moscow's new 8,000-mile range missile test on Sunday.
Russian lawmakers have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year.
Russia and Venezuela have entered into a strategic partnership intended to expand their cooperation in the areas of energy, mining, transport and security. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the agreement,
Lithuania accuses Belarus and Russia of a "deliberate escalation of hybrid warfare" as balloons shut down major airport.
Newly imposed U.S. and EU sanctions targeting Russia and its oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil have yet to disrupt physical crude shipments from the country’s western ports, according to LSEG data and market sources.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv is working with its partners in the "Coalition of the Willing" to draw up a peace plan, including a ceasefire, to end the Russian war against Ukraine in a similar vein to U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point framework for Gaza.
Russia boasted about the testing of an "invincible" nuclear-powered missile. Trump said Moscow should focus on ending the war instead.