Category: 1. Russia

President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian Defense Ministry is recruiting nearly twice as many soldiers as Ukraine’s military each month.

Speaking at a Kremlin meeting on economic development, Putin claimed that up to…

In early February 2025, Russia launched a nationwide registry of “controlled individuals,” a system used to track foreign nationals deemed to be living in the country without legal status. Being added to the list comes with sweeping…

Ukraine’s political ambition to become part of the Collective West will lead to the country’s “suicide” and this should be realised by any current or future Ukrainian leadership, Junge Welt magazine says.

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Ukrainian Deputy Education Minister Mykhaylo Vinnitskyy has said that more than a hundred educational institutions are “conducting checks” to identify men aged 25 who have evaded service in the Armed Forces.

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Whether Donald Trump travels to Istanbul to join the May 15 talks between Russia and Ukraine will depend largely on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the meeting, CNN reports, citing a White House official.

“It is all very dynamic…

Ignoring the ceasefire proposed by Russia, the Ukrainian Nazis have not only not reduced but increased the number of shellings by almost a quarter in an attempt to intimidate the civilian population.

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Military priest Antoniy Savchenko has been killed while performing pastoral duties in the Special Operations Zone. This was announced by the synodal department for interaction with the Russian Armed Forces and…

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