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Soyuz Spacecraft Brings Joint Russian-American Crew Home From ISS

The crew spent 220 days in space after traveling to the International Space Station in September last year.

Read More 20 April 2025 | 3:23 pm

Russian Attacks Ongoing Despite Putin’s Easter Truce, Says Zelensky

Zelensky accused Russia of violating the truce just hours after the order was meant to have come into effect, with air-raid sirens sounding in Kyiv.

Read More 20 April 2025 | 2:55 pm

Putin Orders Easter Ceasefire as Russia and Ukraine Exchange Hundreds of POWs

Zelensky dismissed Moscow’s temporary pause in fighting and said Russia was launching air attacks right as the truce was supposed to begin.

Read More 19 April 2025 | 8:28 pm

Russian Forces Close to Fully Liberating Kursk Region, Military Says

After Moscow’s forces regained control of the village of Oleshnya, Ukrainian troops reportedly hold just one more village near the border.

Read More 19 April 2025 | 5:19 pm

Trump Threatens to Withdraw From Ukraine Peace Talks Unless Deal Reached ‘Very Shortly’

A decision to exit the talks could come “very shortly,” Trump said. “No specific number of days, but quickly. We want to get it done.”

Read More 19 April 2025 | 3:28 pm

U.S. Proposed Russian Sanctions Relief as Part of Ukraine Peace Deal – Bloomberg

The reported ceasefire proposal would also freeze the war along current front lines, effectively leaving occupied Ukrainian territory under Russian control.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 9:49 pm

Russia and Ukraine Exchange Nearly 1K Bodies of Killed Soldiers

Russia received the remains of 41 soldiers, while Ukraine repatriated the bodies of 909 servicemen, authorities said.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 9:06 pm

Far East’s Zabaikalsky Region Restricts Travel Amid Widespread Wildfires

Residents must now obtain advance authorization from local officials to travel outside their communities, except when using regional or federal highways.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 8:01 pm

St. Petersburg Court Jails Anti-War Teenager Nearly 3 Years for ‘Discrediting’ Army

Daria Kozyreva was arrested in February 2024 after she attached a poem by Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko to his monument in St. Petersburg.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 7:08 pm

From ‘Terrorists’ to Forum Guests: Why Did Russia Lift Its Ban on the Taliban?

MT looks at what this step could signal for Russia’s foreign and domestic policy.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 6:49 pm

Pause in Air Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Grid Has Expired, Kremlin Says

The end of the moratorium raises concerns that Russia may resume its systematic campaign to degrade Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 5:56 pm

Black Sea Oil Spill Renders Russian Resorts Unfit for Summer Vacation, Top Health Official Warns

Oil slicks continue to be detected off the coast of Anapa nearly four months after two aging Russian tankers were damaged in a powerful storm.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 5:19 pm

Kursk Governor Has Office Blessed After Predecessor’s Arrest on Fraud Charges

“I have a clear understanding of how much sinfulness has accumulated within these walls in light of recent events,” Khinshtein said.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 4:07 pm

U.S. Will Abandon Ukraine Peace Talks ‘Within Days’ if No Progress Made, Rubio Says

“The United States has been helping Ukraine over the last three years, and we want it to end, but it’s not our war,” Rubio said in France.

Read More 18 April 2025 | 3:21 pm

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