Russia is "very closely monitoring all the rhetoric" from Washington, a Kremlin spokesperson said, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose new sanctions unless Russia ends its war against Ukraine.

Russia on Thursday rejected the idea of NATO countries sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire in the war with Russia, saying such a move would threaten to cause an "uncontrollable escalation".

Ukraine praised U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday for threatening to impose tariffs and sanctions on Russia if it refuses to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine and said the comment sent a "strong signal".

President Donald Trump recently struck a more critical tone about Russia, and the country’s state media noticed. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports.

An unevidenced claim that Russia has offered support to the California wildfires response was read by millions of people online.

Russia has had battlefield momentum but its recent territorial gains have been at the expense of high personnel losses.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment.

Ukrainian diplomacy on Wednesday, threatening Moscow with sanctions and calling on President Vladimir Putin to make a deal for the sake of his economy.

After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Mondelez International Inc. joined a number of international companies in committing to downsize its presence in Russia. The maker of Oreo cookies has since walked those pledges back,

Russia’s emphasis on what it deems family values comes from the top, but some of the policies that most impact Russians are implemented by regional governments.

Russian aerial attacks on frontline towns in eastern and central Ukraine on Thursday killed at least three people and wounded dozens, officials said.