Russia and Ukraine on Friday accused each other of shelling a gas pumping station in the southwestern Kursk region overnight, days after the two warring sides agreed to pause attacks on energy infrastructure.

Earlier, the Ukrainian military and Russian pro-war bloggers reported a strike on the nonfunctioning Sudzha gas pumping and metering station,

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President Vladimir Putin ordered Ukrainian citizens in Russia to either “legalize” their immigration status or leave the country by Sept. 10, according to a presidential decree published Thursday.

Ukrainians without “legal grounds to stay or reside in Russia” must leave unless they “settle their legal status” within the next six months and 10 days,

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U.S.-Russia negotiations on the war in Ukraine will continue Monday in Saudi Arabia, with a Russian delegation led by a senior intelligence officer and a former diplomat who were both involved in the 2014 Ukraine crisis, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Thursday.

The upcoming talks in Riyadh will focus on ensuring safe navigation in the Black Sea,

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Russian tech huge VK published a shocking net loss of 94.94 billion rubles ($1.12 billion) in 2024-- nearly three times the 34.29 billion rubles ($405 million) it lost in 2023-- regardless of achieving record-high income, according to its annual report released Thursday.The business reported a total earnings of 147.57 billion rubles ($1.74 billion) in

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Police officers beat Russian stand-up comedian Artemyi Ostanin in Belarus during his arrest today over a viral joke about a disabled male, a member of Russia's presidential human rights council said Thursday.Russian authorities pressed criminal charges against Ostanin for prompting hatred after pro-war blog writers took offense at one of his shows

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The Kremlin on Thursday accused European countries of prioritizing military buildup over peace efforts, as top Western military officials gathered in Britain to discuss support for Ukraine.

Major European powers, including France and the U.K., have sought to ramp up defense spending since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, amid

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