Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region.

President Donald Trump is willing to “crush” Russia's economy with sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Russia’s oil output and exports will remain steady this year even as the industry goes through its most challenging period since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Moscow-based consultant.

The U.S. has pivoted policy to focus more northward. In 2018, it resuscitated the U.S. Navy's Second Fleet to counter Russia, including in the Arctic, closely linked with the establishment of NATO's newest command, the Virginia -headquartered Joint Force Command Norfolk.

Belarus and Iran signed have new agreements to boost bilateral ties in areas including defense. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a package of 13 documents on Wednesday covering areas such as industry,

Britain on Wednesday sanctioned financial networks it said were being used by Russia to evade existing Western sanctions, including Kyrgyz crypto networks, as it ramps up pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.

According to the Federation of American Scientists, the Tu-95MS bomber can carry six to 16 nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missiles. Last November, the Russian military deployed this type of bomber for a joint patrol over the Sea of Japan with Chinese bombers.

Bianna Golodryga speaks with Julia Loktev and Anna Nemzer, the co-directors of the new documentary “My Undesirable Friends,” on the lives of journalists in Russia before the invasion of Ukraine.

A Russian drone crashed in a field in eastern Poland, according to early findings, Polish officials said on Wednesday, in an incident the nation's defence minister described as a provocation.