The assault, which came after overnight strikes across the country, was one of the largest of the war, the Ukrainian authorities said.

Russian troops attempted to breach Ukrainian defenses across several sectors of the front line between March 17 and 20, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

Vietnam and Russia have signed a deal to build a nuclear power plant, marking a revival of Hanoi’s nuclear ambitions.

Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó admitted that he talks to Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov during private EU meetings.

Russia said on Tuesday it had launched 16 low-orbit satellites as Moscow seeks to build a rival to Elon Musk's Starlink network.Russia remains far behind Starlink, which since its first launch of operational satellites in 2019 has grown to more than 10,

MOSCOW, March 23 - The oil price spike triggered by the Iran war has allowed the Russian government to postpone a plan to boost long-term fiscal reserves, three sources familiar with the discussion told Reuters,

Workers at Russian construction sites are among more than 100,000 North Koreans being exploited worldwide as part of a state-sponsored labor program, researchers say in a new report.

There has been rare public resistance to the push to throttle Telegram, Russia's most popular messaging app, with even some pro-Kremlin hawks fearing it could backfire.