Knowing what overarching strategy guides both nations is essential to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the war.

By sending 6,000 soldiers to help rebuild Kursk, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is clearly working to strengthen his country’s strategic alliance with Russia.

As Russia intensifies its air strikes against Ukraine, its tactics have visibly shifted, with a growing number of missile and drone attacks now targeting western regions once considered relatively safe.

KYIV, Ukraine -- An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new Ukrainian region as each side seeks an advantage before the fighting season wanes in the autumn.

Facing a dire labour shortage in its industrial heartlands, Russia will import up to one million skilled Indian workers by year-end, with Sverdlovsk region among the key destinations. The move is part of a broader strategy to maintain defence and manufacturing output as native workforce numbers dwindle due to war mobilisation and demographic shifts.

Rosaviatsia reported on the evening of July 6 that 287 flights had been grounded across three major airports: Moscow's Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg's Pulkovo, and Strigino Airport in Nizhny Novgorod.

Judges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia was responsible for widespread violations of international law — from shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, to the murder, torture, rape, destruction of civilian infrastructure and kidnapping of Ukrainian children after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of 2022.

Donald Trump plans to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine, saying they are “desperately” needed to shield the country from intensifying Russian air strikes. In his most ex