Pressure is mounting on Ukrainian forces while defending the eastern city of Bakhmut from Russian forces, British military intelligence said, as intense fire exchange taking place in and around the eastern city.

Russia's defense minister visits the country’s troops in a rare visit at the front line in eastern Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered stepped-up protection at the border with Ukraine, after several drones targeted areas deep inside the country.

Russia has accused the United States of disrupting its relations with Africa.

President Vladimir Putin said the US-led NATO is an indirect accomplice to the crimes committed by Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Moscow is keen to ramp up its military cooperation with Beijing as part of joint efforts to counter Western interventions in the region.

Skyrocketing energy prices have cost Europe nearly $1 trillion, considered the fallout of the war in Ukraine; it presages the beginning of the deepest crisis in decades.