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President Vladimir Putin has ordered stronger border security to ensure fast Russian military and civilian movement into Ukrainian regions now under Moscow control. "It is necessary to ensure the fast movement of both military and…

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says the country will impose additional sanctions on Russia after the Group of Seven (G7) summit the country hosted last week agreed to step up measures to punish Moscow's invasion of…

Russia and China have signed a set of agreements to deepen bilateral ties between both countries. Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who signed the agreements with China on Wednesday during a trip to Beijing, described bilateral…

The United States has distanced itself from a cross-border incursion into parts of Russia's Belgorod region. The U.S insisted it did not "encourage or enable strikes inside of Russia". A state department spokesman acknowledged reports…

Ukraine says it is investigating the alleged role of Belarus in the forced deportation of children from Russian-occupied territories. The office of the prosecutor general made the announcement in response to a report by the exiled…

Russia says it scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet to “prevent violations of the state border” by two United States Air Force strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea. Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks aimed at boosting bilateral trade relations with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik in Moscow. In a transcript released by the Kremlin, Putin told Dodik that bilateral trade with Dodik's…

Russia has claimed to have fully captured Ukraine’s Bakhmut, with President Vladimir Putin congratulating his troops and the mercenary Wagner Group for taking the largely levelled eastern city. The Russian announcement on Saturday came…

The United States and the rest of the "Group of Seven" major economies will unveil new sanctions and export controls targeting Russia over its war against Ukraine, a U.S. official said ahead of a G7 summit in Japan. G7 leaders are…

The Ukrainian military and Russia's Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats around the city of Bakhmut on Thursday, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned counteroffensive.…