Last month, Ukraine managed to liberate more land than Russia seized – the first time Moscow suffered a net loss of territory since Ukraine’s 2024 Kursk incursion.

Russian forces have stepped up pressure across several front lines in recent months, gradually advancing in eastern Ukraine while intensifying drone and missile attacks on infrastructure, logistics hubs and energy facilities.

As the Iran war continues to choke flows through the Strait of Hormuz and scramble global crude markets, Moscow’s flagship Urals blend is essentially printing money.

The resignation comes as the Defence ⁠Minister was fired after the Prime Minister stated anti-drone systems had not been deployed fast enough

An expert warns Iran's IRGC leadership may flee to Russia amid regime instability after high-stakes U.S. negotiations collapsed and military fractures deepen.

Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. President Trump had announced Friday that Russia and Ukraine would swap 1,

Russia’s prison population has fallen to 282,000 over the past four and a half years, the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Arkady Gostev, said. The state-run Russian news agency TASS cited his remarks.

Navy SEAL veteran Jack Carr warns that foreign adversaries like China and Russia are watching the Iran war closely to assess U.S. military capabilities.