Putin revealed that GDP shrank by combined 1.8% in January and February, adding that manufacturing, industrial production and construction were negative.

Russia has lost 1,316,070 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on April 17. The number includes 1,000 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

U.S. forces could soon face greater threats from Iranian attacks in the Middle East, an autonomous weapons expert warns.

U.S. Space Command chief says he is very concerned Russia may be developing a nuclear weapon in space that could disrupt satellites and daily life on Earth.

Nearly 700 drones and 19 missiles struck cities across the country overnight, killing 16 people, officials said. Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, was among the hardest hit.

Russia’s emergency services are stepping up efforts to extinguish a massive fire in the Black Sea port city of Tuapse after a Ukrainian drone attack that happened more than 24 hours earlier.

By Guy Faulconbridge, Dmitry Antonov and Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Russia's top officials have outlined numerous proposals to President Vladimir Putin on how to kick-start the war economy after he scolded them for what amounts to Russia's sharpest economic contraction in more than three years.

MOSCOW, April 17 - Ukrainian drone attacks in recent months are having a significant impact on the Russian nitrogen fertiliser industry, billionaire Andrei ‌Melnichenko, founder of fertiliser producer EuroChem,

As Moscow throttles Russia’s few remaining independent voices, the authorities targeted two of the most prominent, one a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the other headed by a Nobel laureate.

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