‘Anyone with many children is a hero’, a spokesman says, as an ageing population and outflow of men due to the Ukraine war pose challenges.
Investigators are probing the incident amid conflicting reports that a Russian military official and his wife were involved.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warns that the Russia-North Korea pact threatens to disrupt regional security.
After Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the US and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia’s central bank and finance ministry, blocking around US$300 billion of sovereign Russian assets.
In a new report, the US defence department highlighted concern over a ‘growing alignment’ between China and Russia.
Prospect of Trump victory has long concerned Kyiv, which fears he would end support and force Ukraine to sue for peace, benefiting Russia.
Alsu Kurmasheva, who works for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty outlet, had been in prison since October.
Russia launched its fifth drone attack on Kyiv in two weeks overnight, with Ukraine’s military saying the drones were destroyed before they reached the capital.
Zelensky congratulated Trump on becoming the Republican US presidential nominee and expressed thanks for US military aid.
Evan Gershkovich, 32, who worked for the Wall Street Journal, is the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War.
With North Korea’s Moscow ties growing, Kim Jong-un assures a visiting Russian military delegation of Pyongyang’s unwavering support.
The drones have been upgraded to carry over a tonne of explosives across more than 1,000km, and have been used to strike 11 enemy vessels.
China and Russia are studying the possibility of cooperation on the Bank of Russia’s Mir payment system, according to Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow.
The man who died while swimming in a pond northwest of Moscow is believed to be the leader of a military training contingent visiting Russia.
Closing arguments in the espionage trial in Russia of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, to be held on Friday. Both the journalist’s employer, and the US government, deny the charges.
Hungarian PM Orban, Russia’s closest EU friend, enraged fellow EU leaders by flying to Moscow on trip that included China stop.
Leaders of House select committee on China ask National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to assess extent to which Moscow has provided Beijing with ‘lessons learned’.
If confirmed, move would be the latest in a series of Russian gains since capturing the strategic town of Avdiivka in February.
The White House said during the recent Nato summit that it would station long-range weapons, including Tomahawk missiles, in Germany.
As Finland cooperates with European Union sanctions on Russia, its relationship with China has suffered as once-lively trade and travel links show cracks.
Andriy Kostin said cases like Monday’s ‘intentional’ strike on Okhmatdyt children’s hospital - one of Europe’s largest - in Kyiv are ‘worth lifting to the International Criminal Court’.