Russian TV news host Vladimir Solovyov said Europe "hates" Ukraine and is ready to see "half of Russia vanish off the face of the earth"

Vaindloo island, a tiny rocky outcrop in the Gulf of Finland, is serving as an unlikely barometer for rising tensions between NATO and Russia.

Russia gets the microphone at the U.N. world leaders’ meeting Saturday, three years into an invasion of Ukraine that the

KAUNAS, Lithuania (Reuters) -Alarmed by Russia's vast military spending since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the three Baltic states are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian troop buildup or attack.

At UNGA, Lavrov warned NATO and the U.S. of a “decisive response," slams Iran sanctions and challenges Trump’s shift on Ukraine in a fiery address.

Russian drone and missile strikes caused blackouts across large swaths of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said.

Joint military drills taking place in Belarus this month between Russian and Belarusian forces are for counter-terrorism purposes and are not directed against other countries, the Interfax news agency cited Russia's defence ministry as saying on Tuesday.

The United States has introduced sanctions against Serbia’s main oil supplier, which is controlled by Russia, the company said Thursday. Serbia's president said this could have “unforeseeable” consequences for the Balkan country.

Zelenskyy said Russia fired 496 strike drones and 53 missiles in one night, and they had 102,785 foreign-made components, including from the US.

Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin told G20 leaders on Saturday that Russia was ready to provide its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to other countries who need it.