"The only way we can do that is through strength," U.S. President Donald Trump said. "If we were weak, they wouldn't even take my phone call. … Zelensky's got to get them together and get it done."

It was the latest gathering of the country’s musical underground, and anger at the Kremlin was on full, and loud, display. A rock group named Stoptime played recent anti-war songs as well as an old anthem—originally by the Soviet-era band Kino—that has become a symbol of political resistance.

VLADIMIR Putin has ordered his biggest autumn military draft in nearly a decade – as fears mount that warmongering Russia could attack Europe. The Kremlin tyrant has called up 135,000 men as

Alexander Kokcharov, geoeconomics analyst for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Bloomberg Economics, told Newsweek the continued diversion of resources to fund its war suggests Moscow is not preparing for peace, but "rather for more fighting on the battlefield in Ukraine."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year after the last remaining nuclear pact with the U.S. expires.

Smiling Russian and North Korean troops shown holding the two countries' flags as they celebrate their victory over Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, and a painting of Pyongyang's troops engaged in a firefight against Ukrainian forces.

The Russian state itself will be held accountable. Torture remains part of, in my view, Russian war tactics and war policy.”

A Russian official fired back at President Donald Trump with a bizarre comparison after Trump mocked the country’s military in a social media post on Tuesday. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov disputed Trump’s characterization that Russia is a “paper tiger” during an interview with Russian-state media,

A Russian propagandist has warned that the country is facing economic collapse as a result of systematic Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries.