The Moscow Times

A senior Russian general was killed in a car bombing near Moscow, with Russia claiming it captured a Ukrainian agent responsible for the attack.

Russia is signaling readiness for Ukraine peace talks "without preconditions," though key demands on territory and NATO remain.

At Pope Francis’s funeral, Trump and Zelensky held a rare, symbolic meeting to discuss a possible Ukraine ceasefire.

Russia declared Saturday that its forces had retaken full control of the Kursk region, tightening the Kremlin’s grip along the northern front.

Moscow said it will supply Tehran with up to 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year, but final details of the deal are still being worked out.

Witkoff held a three-hour meeting with the Russian leader in the Kremlin, Moscow said.

“Zelensky understands that, and everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time,” Donald Trump said in an interview with the publication.

Friends said Michael Gloss had hoped to obtain Russian citizenship and attract investors for environmental projects, though some said he never intended to fight.

The high lending rates have put increasing pressure on businesses, with top corporate leaders urging the central bank to ease monetary policy.

Tuesday’s killing of a top general in Moscow is the latest in a series of attacks on Russian military officials and pro-Kremlin figures.

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate, was killed in the blast.

The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.

Russia’s Foreign Minister called Trump “probably the only leader on Earth who recognized the need to address the root causes of this situation.”

For Moscow, agreeing to the demand would mean giving up on its stated war aim of demilitarizing Ukraine.

The “I Want to Find” hotline, launched in January 2024, claimed that the true number of missing Russian troops is likely two to three times higher.

Izovac and its affiliates have supplied some $200 million in equipment to Russian defense contractors since the invasion of Ukraine, according to an investigation.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defense systems destroyed three Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region before noon Thursday local time.

Vladimir region Governor Alexander Avdeyev said the blast occurred Tuesday when shells detonated at an ammunition depot northeast of Moscow.

Trump wrote on social media Wednesday that Crimea was “not even a point of discussion” in ongoing peace talks and said the peninsula was “lost years ago.”

The Swedish jets, operating out of Malbork, Poland, identified the aircraft as a Russian IL-20.