By Valentyn Ogirenko KYIV, July 6 (Reuters) - Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least nine people and heavily damaging apartment blocks and other buildings, officials said,

Ukraine's defence forces struck more than 200,000 Russian military assets in June and intercepted a record 49,575 Russian drones.

At least 21 people were killed in Kyiv, the local authorities said. Ukraine’s president had warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive strike” as his country’s forces have hit deeper into Russian territory.

Two ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others, Ukrainian officials said. The missiles tore into the heart of the Poltava Military Institute of ...

European concerns about Russian aggression are justified, yet severe constraints on Moscow make an attack in the near future unlikely. Europe needs to balance military deterrence with diplomatic engagement to achieve stable coexistence with Russia.

Moscow can still inflict serious damage, but its forces are suffering higher casualties than their Ukrainian counterparts, analysts say.

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU, July 4 (Reuters) - A Russian cultural centre in Moldova, ordered closed by the pro-European government, shut its doors on Saturday after more than 15 years, with Russian officials expressing hope that they could still generate interest inside the country of 2.

Uzbekistan’s Gen Z is tired of the Russian language’s privileged status in the country. According to government statistics, approximately 2.1 percent of the country’s 37.5 million people are ethnically Russian (less than 800,000). However, Russian is ...

Russian hackers have infiltrated the email accounts of UK government officials and overseas Foreign Office staff in a major national security breach.