Vladimir Putin has fired one of his top military men over some of the bloodiest and most ‘pointless’ losses of soldiers in Ukraine. Lieutenant General Sukhrob Akhmedov, 51, has been stripped of his post as deputy commander-in-chief of the Navy for Coastal and Land Force.

PUTIN has deployed war horses with Starlink satellite dishes mounted on their backs, in the latest bizarre front line sighting. The tech, developed by Elon Musk, is being used in a bid to

The meeting between US officials and the Russian president comes amid rising tensions between Moscow and Washington

US President Donald Trump has signalled approval for a bipartisan sanctions bill that would target all countries purchasing Russian oil or gas

"This fuss by political impotents who have gone mad with conceit could cost the whole world dearly," Viktor Medvedchuk said.

It was part of the détente that culminated in the Helsinki Accords, the breakthrough agreement that finally, 30 years after the end of World War II, stabilized relations between the Western alliance and the Soviet bloc.

Knight writes that 2026 has begun badly for Putin. As of Jan. 11, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has lasted as long as the so-called Great Patriotic War — the term Moscow uses for the Soviet Union’s involvement in World War II.

Vladimir Putin has been lying to Donald Trump and the world about the war in Ukraine, and his false claims have proven costly for both Ukraine and Russia.

Putin's Ukraine war has now lasted as long as the Soviet WW2 campaign, with minimal gains, massive losses, growing mockery, and more air strikes