Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again called for increased pressure on Russia in order to help end the war, in a statement posted on X Wednesday evening, shortly after a phone call between the Russian and U.S. presidents.

Russian forces launched a drone strike on the city of Pryluky in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region overnight on Thursday, killing five people — including a one-year-old child — and injuring six others, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

Russian law enforcement officers raided the offices of the pro-government news outlet Ura.ru in Yekaterinburg on Thursday morning, seizing documents and equipment, the local news site E1.ru reported. Searches are also being carried out at the homes of several…

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has designated the British Council — one of the organizers of the IELTS English-language exam — an “undesirable organization.”

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has outlawed the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) as an “undesirable organization.” 

On Sunday evening, around 5:00 p.m., what looked like an ordinary cargo truck pulled up near a roadside café in Russia’s Irkutsk region. No one paid it much attention — until drones began lifting off from its roof. They hovered briefly, then took off toward…

NATO defense ministers convened in Brussels this week for their final meeting ahead of the alliance’s annual summit, set to take place in The Hague on June 21–22, where leaders are expected to endorse a new set of capability targets aimed at strengthening…

On June 3, 2025, a Moscow court designated Malik Khatazhayev, head of Lesta Games, as a participant in an “extremist organization.” The ruling strips Lesta of all its assets, which the state will confiscate and likely hand over to new owners. Prosecutors…

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 174 Ukrainian drones overnight on June 6.

Russian forces launched an overnight attack on Kyiv using ballistic missiles and drones, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” operation, which targeted Russian military airfields with drones, has sparked renewed debate within the Trump administration over whether the United States should “abandon Ukraine,” The Atlantic reported, citing sources in Trump’s administration.

Elizaveta Krivonogikh, the alleged daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, works as a manager at two Paris art galleries known for exhibiting anti-war art, Russian artist Nastya Rodionova reported on Thursday. A Moscow-born writer and artist, Rodionova…

The Russian Central Bank’s board of directors has voted to cut the country’s key interest rate by 100 basis points, lowering it to 20 percent per annum, the Bank said in a statement.

On May 26, Georgia celebrated its Independence Day — an occasion that coincided with the 180th consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations. The protests began last fall, after the ruling Georgian Dream party declared victory in a disputed parliamentary…

Wagner Group announced that it has completed its “main mission” in Mali and is withdrawing from the country, according to a statement posted on a Telegram channel closely associated with the mercenary group.

U.S. citizen Joseph Tater has left Russia after being confined to inpatient treatment at a psychiatric clinic in Moscow, the news agency TASS reported on June 6. In August 2024, Tater was jailed for disorderly conduct after being ejected from the lobby of…

Prominent writers in Russia’s Z-blogosphere — the constellation of pro-invasion Telegram accounts with millions of readers — are ridiculing the Defense Ministry’s claim that the June 6 nighttime strikes across Ukraine constitute retaliation for Kyiv’s daring…

In late May, lawmakers introduced an amendment to an existing draft bill that would lay the groundwork for a new instant messaging platform promoted by the government and endowed with privileges unavailable to competitors. President Vladimir Putin has endorsed…

Ukrainian drones targeted Russia’s Chuvash Republic, with two crashing on the grounds of the VNIIR Russian Scientific Research Design and Technological Institute of Relay Engineering with experimental production, Governor Oleg Nikolayev said.

Vladislav Loginov, the mayor of Krasnoyarsk, has been arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale, according to reports from TASS, RIA Novosti, and the local news outlet NGS24, all citing sources.