Russia will remain a "country of opportunity" looking to poke at any perceived weaknesses of its rivals with its warship posturing, retired Vice Admiral Duncan Potts told The Mirror

Payments for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine were suspended due to a lack of budget funds, it has been reported. The finance minister from Yakutia said that troops from the republic in Russia’s far-eastern republic could not receive bonuses and one-time payments due to the shortfall.

From the front-line city of Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk, to Zaporizhzhia in the south, there is little doubt that Russia is making advances. But, battlefield monitors suggest the picture is not quite so bleak for Ukraine as Trump and Putin suggest.

As U.S. and European officials tout progress in Ukraine peace talks, Zelenskyy says a key sticking point is letting Putin keep "what he has stolen."

Russian state oil and gas revenue may fall in November by around 35% from the corresponding month in 2024 to 520 billion roubles ($6.59 billion) due to cheaper oil and a stronger local currency, Reuters calculations showed on Monday.

Police are investigating allegations that Jacob Zuma's daughter, Duduzile, lured men into fighting in Ukraine.

When Poland announced that an explosion damaged a railway track leading to Ukraine this week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk was quick to declare it was an unprecedented act of sabotage designed to cause catastrophe.

Russia's economy is seeing "continued cooling" with growth likely to remain at around 1% next year and business activity remaining weak for four to five quarters, a senior executive at Sberbank, the country’s largest lender,