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Xi Arrives in Moscow for State Visit

Xi Arrives in Moscow for State Visit

In what both countries described as a deepening of their bilateral ties, Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Monday for a three-day visit. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Xi and Russian Pres. Putin would hold informal talks on Monday before dining together — formal talks on a ra...

Putin Makes Surprise Trip to Mariupol

Putin Makes Surprise Trip to Mariupol

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin made a 'working visit' to the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday night, following an unannounced trip to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia's takeover of the Black Sea peninsula....

Biden and Zelenskyy Welcome Putin Arrest Warrant Issued by ICC

Biden and Zelenskyy Welcome Putin Arrest Warrant Issued by ICC

US and Ukrainian leaders Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy both welcomed a decision from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant against Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin on Friday. Putin, as well as Russia’s commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, are accus...

US Releases Footage of Russian Fighter Jet in Black Sea Drone Clash

US Releases Footage of Russian Fighter Jet in Black Sea Drone Clash

On Thursday, the US European Command released declassified video footage from the encounter between a US surveillance drone and Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea earlier in the week....

Day 385: Russian Ambassador to US Summoned Over Black Sea Drone Crash

Day 385: Russian Ambassador to US Summoned Over Black Sea Drone Crash

Russia's ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, was summoned to a meeting with the State Dept. on Tuesday after a US surveillance drone crashed into the waters of the Black Sea, near the Crimean peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014...

Day 382: Russian Advance Stalled In Bakhmut, US Think Tank Says

Day 382: Russian Advance Stalled In Bakhmut, US Think Tank Says

Despite Russian units from the paramilitary Wagner PMC launching continued ground attacks in Bakhmut, they are finding it difficult to make any significant advances in the eastern Ukrainian city, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US think tank covering military affairs, said late Saturd...

Day 376: Ukraine Preparing Counter-Attack in Zaporizhzhia, Pro-Russia Official Says

Day 376: Ukraine Preparing Counter-Attack in Zaporizhzhia, Pro-Russia Official Says

Ukraine has amassed upwards of 30K troops in the Zaporizhzhia region in preparation for a spring counter-offensive, a pro-Russia official in the region claimed on Monday....