Russia’s militarysaid early Friday that its air defense systems destroyed 83 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions and annexed Crimea overnight, with at least one of the drones crashing into an oil depot and sparking a fire.

In southern Russia’s Stavropol region, Governor Vladimir Vladimirovsaid an unmanned aircraft “fell” into an oil dep

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A previous staff member of the U.S. consulate in the Far East city of Vladivostok has been sentenced to four years and 10 months in jail for secret collaboration with a foreign state, Russian state media reported Friday.Robert Shonov, a Russian citizen, had actually worked for more than 25 years at the U.S. consulate. He was required to quit in 2021

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The United States said Thursday that as much as 8,000 North Korean troops have actually reached Russia's border area with Ukraine all set for fight, after Pyongyang's shooting of a long-range missile ramped up tensions days before the U.S. election.Seeking advantage in his grinding invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has actually generated troops from North

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Finnish district attorneys on Thursday pressed charges versus Russian nationalist fighter Vojislav Torden, accusing him of having actually dedicated war crimes in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Torden, previously called Yan Petrovsky, was apprehended at Helsinki Airport in July 2023 on suspicion of committing fear criminal activities in Ukraine. In February, a Finnish court handed hi

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As Russia Advances in the Donbas, Ukraine Faces a New Surge of DisplacementAs Russia Advances in the Donbas, Ukraine Faces a New Surge of DisplacementAs Russia Advances in the Donbas, Ukraine Faces a New Surge of DisplacementAs Russia Advances in the Donbas, Ukraine Faces a New Surge of Displacement
As Russia Advances in the Donbas, Ukraine Faces a New Surge of DisplacementAs Russia Advances in the Donbas, Ukraine Faces a New Surge of Displacement

Kramatorsk, UKRAINE — Sitting on the steps of his church, now transformed into a refugee center, Evgueny, the congregation’s pastor, enjoys the last rays of sunshine before winter. In the distance, two explosions a few seconds apart make the windows of the small reception center tremble.

"Those are gliding bombs," Evgueny explains without flinching.

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Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that law enforcement authorities are no longer bound by statutes of limitations when seeking state seizure of assets in anti-corruption cases.

“Prosecutors should not be constrained by time limits in anti-corruption lawsuits,” the court said.

Those accused of corruption “must be denied the ability to use t

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