A powerful explosion at a Russian ammunition depot northeast of Moscow earlier this week injured three soldiers and one civilian, regional authorities told state media Thursday.

Vladimir region Governor Alexander Avdeyev said the blast occurred Tuesday when shells detonated at a storage area of the depot, injuring four people.

One soldier sustained

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The Kremlin said Thursday that it agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent statement that Ukraine “lost” Crimea years ago.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Wednesday that the Black Sea peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, was “not even a point of discussion” and had been “lost years ago.”

“This completely corresponds w

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Two Swedish fighter jets under NATO command were dispatched Thursday to obstruct a Russian reconnaissance aircraft approaching Polish airspace over the Baltic Sea, Sweden's armed forces said. The aircraft was close to Polish airspace, so we increased to signal our existence, make a visual recognition and escort it out of the area, Swedish Air Force

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Russian authorities have returned the body of a Ukrainian journalist who died under unclear circumstances while in Russian custody last fall, Ukraine’s Deputy Interior Minister Leonid Tymchenko said Thursday.

Victoria Roshchyna, 27, disappeared in August 2023 while reporting in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. Her whereabouts remained unknown

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A Russian military court on Thursday sentenced previous Major General Ivan Popov to five years in jail on scams charges and rejected his demand to return to the cutting edge in Ukraine.Popov, who commanded Russia's 58th Combined Arms Army, was detained in May 2024 for allegedly misusing $1.5 million worth of metal meant to enhance

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Moscow is prepared to resume nuclear arms control talks with the United States, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu told state media, more than two years after suspending participation in the last major arms treaty between the two countries.

“The Trump administration is currently demonstrating its readiness to resume dialogue on issues

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