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Russian President Vladimir Putin is now believed to be more dug in than ever, according to a recent intelligence assessment.
Russian lawmakers have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year.
Lithuania accuses Belarus and Russia of a "deliberate escalation of hybrid warfare" as balloons shut down major airport.
Newly imposed U.S. and EU sanctions targeting Russia and its oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil have yet to disrupt physical crude shipments from the country’s western ports, according to LSEG data and market sources.
We’ve verified footage showing damage to a dam in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine after a Ukrainian strike over the weekend. In one video which emerged yesterday, water can be seen gushing through a breach in the dam, as well as significant damage to structures on the top of it.
Russia is reinforcing its presence at a base in the Arctic Circle, including nuclear weapons pointed towards the United States, according to Norwegian Defense Minister Tore Sandvik.
Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.
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US could hit Russia with more sanctions over Ukraine war, but also wants Europe to increase pressure
U.S. officials also told European counterparts that they support the EU using frozen Russian assets to buy U.S. weapons for Kyiv.