Deserters fleeing Vladimir Putin ’s frontline "gunned down a military police platoon commander and two of his subordinates", it has been claimed. The refuseniks then fled the scene, located in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, part of Ukraine 's internationally recognised borders, according to reports.

A huge blaze has erupted at an oil refinery in a Russian town that was hit by Ukrainian drones earlier this year. Footage shows a fire raging at the industrial site in Kstovo, around 500 miles from the front lines in eastern Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for private investors in Russia's space sector as it seeks to develop a satellite network.

Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine were grappling with widespread power outages last night, following what Kremlin-backed security forces have labeled as "a massive drone attack." The news comes just after a report detailed how "poorly" the Russian army was performing in Ukraine.

Russia's claims that Ukraine is delaying exchange of soldiers' bodies are untrue, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, urging Moscow to stop "playing dirty games" and return to constructive work.Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Saturday that Ukraine had unexpectedly postponed exchanging prisoners of war and accepting the bodies of killed soldiers for an indefinite period.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed Trump’s comments, stating they did not signal a U.S. unwillingness to continue mediating. Read also: Putin plays victim in Trump call after Ukraine’s Cobweb op Peskov claimed that for Russia,

Chinese authorities in the northeastern city of Shenyang reportedly arrested a North Korean IT specialist in late April 2025, accusing him of stealing drone technology secrets. The suspect, apparently linked to North Korea’s main missile development agency,

President Donald Trump is making clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, leveling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leader as Moscow pounds Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third straight night.

Moscow: Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of indefinitely delaying a planned exchange of prisoners and the handover of fallen soldiers' bodies. Russia has handed over the first list of 640 prisoners to Ukraine and begun transferring bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers,

On June 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly posted and deleted a Truth Social post about a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Numerous claims said the post appeared to show Trump revealing he spoke to Putin about Ukraine's recent drone attacks on Russian aircraft.