A claim that President Vladimir Putin 's helicopter faced a combat incident during his visit to the Kursk region was concocted by Russia's authorities, it has been reported. Russia's Defense Ministry said that during Putin's trip to the border region where Kyiv previously staged an incursion, his aircraft came under fire from Ukrainian drones.

A Ukraine presidential adviser says Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday but insists that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the war.

Grigor Atanesian from BBC Russian explores the theories around Russia's 'grey zone' warfare techniques.

German publication Der Spiegel said leaked documents show the modernization of Russian nuclear infrastructure.

A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled in one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator.

The impact of the three-year-old conflict is reaching deeper into the most personal parts of Ukrainians’ lives.

North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a new report by an international watchdog, which details the extent to which Pyongyang has helped Moscow “terrorize” Ukraine’s population over its three-year war.

Russia once struggled to field its own long range drones until Iran sold them the technology to build their own. Now hundreds hit Ukraine every night.

The chances of a banking crisis in Russia have increased amid high interest rates, a Kremlin-linked think tank has warned.