Russia's counteroffensive to retake Ukrainian-held territory in the southwestern Kursk region has been "stopped," a spokesman from Ukraine's military administration in the region told AFP Wednesday.

Earlier, Russia's Defense Ministry said it had retaken several villages from Ukraine in the Kursk region. Kyiv has thus far held on to large swathes of

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A 57-year-old daddy to 29 biological and adopted children signed a military agreement to fight in Ukraine, a regional official stated Tuesday, as regional authorities throughout Russia double efforts to recruit soldiers for the war.Vakhid Valiyev, who is from the republic of Bashkortostan, said the decision to employ was not easy for his large household, but
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A senior military official responsible for tank maintenance in central Russia was arrested on charges of accepting a bribe in exchange for preferential treatment in receiving government contracts, law enforcement authorities said Wednesday.

Major General Denis Putilov, who leads the armored vehicle service of the Defense Ministry’s Central Military

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At least two people were killed and numerous others injured in a shooting event at the head office of Russian online seller Wildberries in Moscow on Wednesday, with the company reporting that an armed group of guys led by Vladislav Bakalchuk, the ex-husband of Wildberries founder Tatiana Bakalchuk, tried to forcibly go into the building.Law
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Russia has actually begun checking a site for its brand-new digital military draft system, which might prevent men from leaving the country ahead of a prepared call-up later this fall.Last year, President Vladimir Putin signed a law forbiding draftees from leaving the nation once they get electronic call-up papers. Under the new system, a draft notification is
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Authorities in Moscow on Wednesday condemned lethal attacks that saw pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah blow up near-simultaneously across Lebanon the day in the past, stating the blasts risked even more destabilizing an already explosive situation in the region.Hezbollah and the Lebanese federal government blamed Israel for the attack, which experts
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