For decades, Russia has been trying to rebuild its influence in the Middle East. But after the rapid collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, the Kremlin is scrambling to salvage whatever it can. President Vladimir V.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied on Thursday that Russia's nine-year intervention in Syria had been a failure, but expressed concern about Israel's military operations there since the toppling of his ally Bashar al-Assad.

Russia’s central bank has left its benchmark interest rate at a record 21%, holding off on further increases despite high consumer inflation fueled by the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.

Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with ballistic missiles on Friday, December 20. A Russian morning missile strike on central Kyiv killed at least one person, wounded 12, according to the city administration.

Americans’ desire to speed up the end of the Russia-Ukraine war has ticked up, a new Gallup survey found. The poll revealed that half of American respondents now desire a quick end to the more than two-year-long war even if it means Ukraine does not recover all its territory,

Kyiv time on December 20, there have been 191 combat engagements on the front since the start of the day, including 50 in the Kursk region alone, reports the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.