Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed that Russia's macroeconomic situation remains "reliable and predictable" despite the rouble's collapse and the onset of recession. Source: The Moscow Times,

VK and the Russian president’s press office did not reply to requests for comment. In comments carried by the state news agency TASS Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that WhatsApp and Telegram should remain in Russia as “competition” to Max.

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Moscow to have a conversation, not to capitulate, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. "He was invited to Moscow to talk, not to capitulate," Peskov told a press briefing on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia.

Moscow insists it did not plan to hit targets in Poland, after Warsaw says it shot down Russian drones in its airspace.

US President Donald Trump has indicated he will boost sanctions on Russia. But Moscow has pushed back, and said more pressure will not change its stance on Ukraine.

The Kremlin said on Monday that no sanctions will ever be able to force Russia to change course on Ukraine, the state RIA news agency reported. Europe and Ukraine are doing everything they can to draw the United States into their orbit,

The deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence said Russia is fulfilling its goals by at least 105 to 110% per month.

The Russia-Ukraine war has taken a grim turn as Moscow accuses Kyiv of targeting children. Russian authorities claim a Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike hit Donetsk’s Gulliver Park, injuring six people,

While anxiety about Russia appears quite rational these days, Moscow wants to depict Russophobia as an unhinged ideology that the world must join forces to oppose.