President Vladimir Putin visited the southwestern Kursk region for the first time since Russia’s military said it cleared the area of Ukrainian forces following months of cross-border fighting.

The Kremlin released a video early Wednesday of Putin meeting with local volunteers, including members of the Russian Orthodox Church and the

Ukrainian drones targeted a Russian military electronics plant and disrupted mobile internet services near Moscow in a major overnight air assault, officials said early Wednesday.

Oryol region Governor Andrei Klychkov said a “large-scale enemy drone attack” targeted the town of Bolkhov, around 200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, damaging the B

Russian authorities on Tuesday pressed criminal charges against Galina Timchenko, the founder and publisher of the exiled news website Meduza, accusing her of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization.

In a statement, the Moscow branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, alleged that Timchenko posted vi