Russia intensified its attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, launching a combined assault of drones and missiles on the capital for the first time in over 70 days, local authorities reported.

The attack coincided with new warnings from the U.S. State Department, which echoed Ukrainian claims that North Korean troops have begun "engaging in combat

Russian President Vladimir Putin will for a second year in a row combine his annual press conference and televised call-in show next month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovsaid Wednesday.

“The unified format, which will combine the annual press conference with elements of a direct line, will take place in the second half of December,” Peskov told rep

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Ilya Yashin, a Moscow opposition deputy and ally of late politician Alexei Navalny, was one of 16 prisoners freed by Russia in a historic exchange with the West on Aug. 1. He had been serving an 8.5-year sentence for denouncing the invasion of Ukraine.

On Nov. 17, Yashin, Yulia Navalnaya and Vladimir Kara-Murza will