India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says the country’s growing trade with Russia should not be perceived as a “temporary phenomenon”.

The presidents of Russia and China have agreed to deepen their ‘strategic partnership’, scolding the US for posing threats against their countries.

Putin has arrived in China on his first state visit after he was sworn in as Russia’s president earlier this month.

Vladimir Putin will arrive for a two-day state visit on Thursday.

Moscow says nearly 1,400 Ukrainian soldiers were in Donetsk and Luhansk in 24 hours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes a civilian economist to replace Sergei Shoigu as defense minister as the country is trying to better utilize defense spending and harness greater innovation to win the war in Ukraine.

Thousands of Ukrainians are evacuated from a border town as Russian forces are making progress in the Kharkiv region.