Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is moving air defenses to protect key targets like Moscow as Ukrainian drones hit deep inside the country.

MOSCOW, June 24 (Reuters) - Russia wants to ⁠know ⁠if Donald Trump has really changed ⁠his stance on the Ukraine war after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested at this month's ​G7 summit that the U.S. president had done so, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

The partners have stepped up joint naval training and patrols in a challenge to U.S. military dominance in the Pacific.

Russia is still inching forward in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, but outside experts and Ukrainian soldiers say Russia’s claims of advancement are exaggerated.

S irens did not wail in the early hours of June 21st in Feodosia, an attractive resort town on the east coast of the Crimean peninsula. There was only the buzzing of drones and th

Ukrainian drones knocked out power in the biggest city in Russian-held Crimea on Wednesday and targeted facilities ‌in central and southern Russia, underscoring the reach of Kyiv's attacks on energy infrastructure.

A string of political victories and deep-strike successes has bolstered confidence in Ukraine amid its long-running war with Russia.

It is true that this resilience owes a lot to Russia’s heavy fiscal stimulus. Last year the government spent the equivalent of 7-8% of GDP on the armed forces. This enormous outlay, those who foresee a crisis argue, sucks manpower from the rest of the economy, as well as draining the government’s finances.

MOSCOW, June 24 (Reuters) - Russia is in talks with Kazakhstan to import about 50,000 metric tons of AI-92 gasoline to ease a domestic shortage caused by refinery outages and unscheduled repairs, four industry sources said.

When Vladimir Putin first unveiled Russia’s “Burevestnik” nuclear-powered cruise missile back in 2018, Western experts were deeply skeptical. A missile that could fly indefinitely sounded like science fiction.