European powers, which have viewed Russia as their main security threat, have watched warily as ties have grown closer between Moscow and Beijing.

Despite surging shipments, Moscow's oil earnings have dropped to the lowest since March

A Ukrainian business tycoon is believed to have been the target of an explosive device in Monaco. The explosion late Monday seriously injured three people before the suspect fled into France on foot.

A Ukrainian-based paramilitary force recently disclosed an attack targeting Russian energy. It's carrying out similar missions "every day."

Russia and Ukraine are increasingly using glide bombs as a replacement for artillery to deliver massed fires, shaping the next phase of the war.

By Ronald Popeski June 28 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia will press ahead with its battlefield aim of fully capturing four Ukrainian regions, rejecting what he said was a new proposal by Ukraine to rein in hostilities in the more than four-year-old war.

As Ukraine brings the war home to Russia, officials hesitate to designate shelters and blast sirens, downplaying the conflict’s consequences with euphemisms.

Russia on Wednesday shut down traffic through some of its last remaining railway border crossings with the European Union. The move, announced in a government order on Tuesday evening, suspends all movement of persons,