Russia and Ukraine have made competing claims about who is gaining ground, as Russian strikes keep hitting Ukrainian cities and U.S.

Russia and Iran aren’t natural partners. Until recently, the two nations tended to view one another with suspicion. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, however, an alliance has emerged,

Ukrainian military trainers will ⁠help ⁠Germany's military meet a target of ⁠being ready to defend against any Russian attack on NATO by 2029, ​the German army chief said, in a role reversal after years of Western troops training Ukrainian forces.

Russia is helping Iran with advanced drone tactics from its war in Ukraine to hit US and Gulf nation targets in the Middle East, according to a Western intelligence official.

MOSCOW, March 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran had triggered a global energy crisis and cautioned that oil production dependent on transport through the Strait of Hormuz could soon come to a halt.

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation — but no action to support its ally.

The European Commission has threatened to withdraw its funding for Venice Biennale after the Italian art fair announced that Russia was allowed back for the first time since its invasion of Ukraine. The Biennale’s organisation committee — whose president,

Vladimir Putin's direct involvement in the forcible deportation of Ukrainian children has been visible from the outset, the UN says.