IIHF president Luc Tardif said having Russia and Belarus, which was also banned due to its support for the war in Ukraine, would be good news for hockey and the world.

Female college students in some Russian regions can get 100,000 rubles, or about $900 at current exchange rates, for having a baby.

Russia's Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev said Moscow brought in roughly 30 vessels last year.

Once Russia's initial push to subjugate Ukraine failed in the first weeks of its full-scale invasion, a widespread view prevailed for two years or more: There's no end in sight.That has changed in recent months for several reasons, with factors ranging from the situation on the battlefield and shifts in public opinion to the election of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who returns to the White ...

Ukraine has launched a military counterattack in the southern Russian Kursk region, a move officials said was designed to stop a Russian offensive.

Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a new attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russian troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces.

A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula

The Freedom Party supports a more 'homogeneous' nation, supports Russia, is critical of Western aid to Ukraine, and wants to bow out a missile defense project launched by Germany.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will again call on allies to boost his country's air defenses at a Ramstein group meeting in Germany this week.

Russias Emergencies Ministry said Sunday that over 96,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil had been removed by officials and volunteers.

Russian and Ukrainian sources said on Sunday that Kyiv had launched fresh operations against Moscow in Kursk.

Russia's Defense Ministry on Sunday claimed to have held a major push from Ukraine, which resulted in the destruction of another MiG-29.

Russia is "getting what it deserves" in Kursk, the head of Ukraine's presidential office said on Sunday.

Rep. Micheal McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Emeritus of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Homeland Security, said during an interview over the weekend that the special envoy President-elect Donald Trump has tapped for Ukraine and Russia believes that the U.S. cannot afford to lose Ukraine to Russia. McCaul’s remarks on ABC News’ “This Week” come just ...

Kyiv's military intelligence planned a drone "ambush" for a battalion commander and his driver in southeast Ukraine, the GUR spy agency said.

The "situation in Toretsk is very tense and chaotic," popular Ukrainian war-tracking blog, Deep State, said on Saturday.

As Bloomberg News has reported, President Joe Biden is considering ramping up sanctions on Russia before he leaves office, hoping to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of possible talks to end the war in Ukraine. As with previous decisions to loosen restrictions on Kyiv’s use of U.S. weapons, such a shift would be overdue — but welcome nonetheless.

Ukraine must not accept a "Finlandization" deal struck following a previous invasion by Moscow 85 years ago, experts tell Newsweek.