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.

A new report from the United Nations accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity by attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure with drones, as well as committing war crimes through the forcible transfer of people.

Lithuania accuses Belarus and Russia of a "deliberate escalation of hybrid warfare" as balloons shut down major airport.

Ukraine’s long-range strikes on refineries inside Russia have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity by 20%, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, citing intelligence from Western governments.

We’ve verified footage showing damage to a dam in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine after a Ukrainian strike over the weekend. In one video which emerged yesterday, water can be seen gushing through a breach in the dam, as well as significant damage to structures on the top of it.

BERLIN, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Germany's economy minister told Reuters on Tuesday that the U.S. government had provided written assurance that the German business of Russia's Rosneft would be exempt from new energy sanctions because the assets are no longer under Russian control.

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting follows last month's meeting between Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing.

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.