As the Ukraine war nears its fifth year, a new report alleges Russia is recruiting vulnerable foreign nationals through deceptive tactics that may amount to human trafficking.

The US scrambled nine fighter jets after Russian war bombers, fighter jets, and a spy plane were spotted flying off the coast of Alaska on Thursday

KYIV, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine imposed sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander ⁠Lukashenko ⁠on Wednesday, vowing to "increase countermeasures" against ⁠Minsk for its wartime assistance to Russia.

In the remote village of Sedanka in Russia's Far East, almost all of its fighting-age men have left to join the Ukraine war.

Russia's economy is hanging between stagnation and decline, and ordinary Russians are beginning to feel the pinch.

For Ukraine, the sexual violence is a largely hidden trauma. Advocates say many women are reluctant to file cases because they want to avoid stigma and painful memories, or because they live in territory that remains occupied by Russia and have little hope of legal redress.

Many Russians try to ignore the war, which began four years ago this week—but that is getting harder. There is no sign of an impending breakdown, political or economic. But even Vladimir Putin’s repressive regime cannot paper over the many ways in which the war impinges on everyday life.

North Korea said Monday it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.