Russia's military said Wednesday that its forces captured the village of Kruhliakivka in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, where it has been stepping up pressure on Kyiv's forces for months.

The village was home to around 1,200 people before the full-scale invasion and lies around 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Kupiansk, an embattled

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The head of Chelyabinsk region’s Korkino district announced her resignation Wednesday amid mounting criticism from regional authorities over ethnic unrest that erupted following a local woman's murder.

On Thursday night, enraged residents in the town of Korkino gathered outside homes believed to belong to Romani families, damaging property and

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Russia's militarysaid early Wednesday that its air defense forces shot down nearly 2 lots Ukrainian drones across six Russian areas overnight, with a few of the downings causing minor property damage.Seven drones were damaged over the Rostov area, where Governor Vasily Golubevsaid there were no injuries or damage.In the Kursk area,
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A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a Ukrainian male to 25 years in jail for the murder of an army recruitment officer and previous submarine commander.The founded guilty male, Sergei Denysenko, was arrested in July in 2015, two days after the killing of recruitment authorities Stanislav Rzhitsky, who was shot dead while running in a park in the southern
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Russia's military test-fired ballistic missiles across the country Tuesday to mimic a enormous nuclear response to an attack on the country.The exercises came a month after President Vladimir Putinrevealed plans to widen Russia's guidelines on the use of its nuclear weapons. The Kremlin said the modifications served as a warning to Western nations c
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A U.S. soldier serving a prison sentence in Russia's Far East appeared on state tv Tuesday, saying he intended to be exchanged at some point in the future.Gordon Black spoke to state broadcaster Rossiya from prison, looking pale and wearing the exact same clothing he had on at the time of his arrest previously this year. It was not clear whether he was
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