Ukrainian authorities said Friday that they received 1,200 unidentified bodies from Russia as part of an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul.

“The bodies of 1,200 deceased persons were returned to Ukraine,” Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said in a statement. “According to the Russian side, the

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Russia’s government said Friday that it tested new anti-drone laser systems that it hopes to incorporate into a larger air defense network across the country.

First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov attended the trials alongside officials from the Industry and Trade Ministry, as well as representatives from the state corporations Rostec and

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Eight people were arrested in the Siberian republic of Altai on Thursday for staging a protest against reforms initiated by regional head Andrei Turchak. 

Protesters blocked off a part of the Chuya Highway, a key road artery, with large banners that called on President Vladimir Putin to dismiss Turchak and recently appointed government chairman

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Police arrested a woman in Siberia’s Irkutsk region after she posted a video on social media criticizing Russia Day and soldiers fighting in the war against Ukraine.

Maria Makhmutova, 35, was arrested on Friday, with law enforcement authorities saying she “behaved inappropriately and tried to run away several times” as officers escorted her from her

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Russia’s military said Friday that its forces captured another village in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, where Moscow has intensified its attacks in recent weeks.

The Defense Ministry said troops had taken control of the village of Yablunivka, located about nine kilometers (five miles) from the Russian border, as part of efforts to create what

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Oil prices soared on Friday as Israel said it carried out attacks on “dozens” of sites across Iran, including its nuclear program, sparking fears that a wider conflict in the Middle East could disrupt global oil supplies. 

Higher oil prices will benefit Russia, which had until now been bracing for a budget shortfall and slowed GDP growth as oil

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Syria releases forces after dozens eliminated in Bedouin-Druze clashes