Moscow has been rocked by fresh drone strikes that set fire to the warehouses of the country’s biggest online retailer, in yet another blow to Vladimir Putin’s reassurances of imminent “victory.” Ukraine launched one of its largest long-range drone attacks since 2022,

By Ronald Popeski June 28 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia will press ahead with its battlefield aim of fully capturing four Ukrainian regions, rejecting what he said was a new proposal by Ukraine to rein in hostilities in the more than four-year-old war.

Retired Gen. Philip Breedlove says Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure force Putin to divert military assets as fuel shortages spread nationwide.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss a peace plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

Ukraine has given Vladimir Putin a fresh headache. Kyiv has opened a new front in its blockade of Crimea, striking a growing number of Russian vessels in the waters near the occupied peninsula as it ramps up pressure on the Kremlin to end the war.

The verdict underlined the determination by authorities to stamp out any remaining sign of dissent ahead of September's vote as the fuel crisis caused by Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities across Russia threatened to erode public support for the Kremlin.

By Lucy Papachristou July 17 (Reuters) - Russian authorities have detained a blogger who criticised President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine and fined an anti-war politician, as Moscow sends a warning signal to critics of the Kremlin ahead of September's parliamentary election.

For years, Russia has bet on outlasting Ukraine in a war of attrition. Now, it’s finding out that time isn’t necessarily on its side.

Ukrainian drones struck two Wildberries warehouses and an oil depot in the Moscow and Tambov regions overnight, with regional governors reporting seven workers killed and dozens injured. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed 379 drones downed across nineteen regions,