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  Ukrainian officials have dismissed Kremlin claims that 65 prisoners of war died when a Russian transport plane was shot down.     They accused Russia of inventing the story of the tragedy as a propaganda stunt. They believe the aircraft was empty when it was shot down.       Mail Online reports …

The delegation of the Palestinian military group was led by Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official, who met with Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian deputy foreign minister, Hamas said in a statement. The two sides have discussed the release of foreign hostages from the Gaza Strip, the Russian foreign ministry …

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will not attend the funeral for Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who launched a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership and died in a plane crash last week, the Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday, according to Russian state media. The spokesman, Dmitri S. …

  The Kremlin has denied suggestions that it ordered the killing of Russian mercenary boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, while declining to definitively confirm his death. Russia’s aviation authority has said that Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, was on board a private jet that crashed on Wednesday evening, August 23, …

Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds, senior Russian official and former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev has said, the latest in a series of nuclear threats made during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.   Medvedev, who served as president of Russia from 2008 to 2012, …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin met with Russia’s Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his fighters after their failed mutiny, the Kremlin confirmed Monday, July 10  Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin had welcomed Prigozhin and 34 Wagner commanders at the Kremlin on June 29. “The commanders themselves outlined …

The mercenary rebellion that shook Russia was merely “a minor trouble,” the foreign minister said on Friday, warning the West not to think that President Vladimir V. Putin’s grip on power had weakened, even as the Kremlin continued to move against the leader of the mutiny. Speaking at a news …

In a stunning change of events in the Russia-Ukraine war, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the mercenary Wagner group, has called for a coup against Russia’s military leaders, saying he has 25,000 fighters ready to “end this mess.”   Soldiers across Russia were put on high alert on Friday night, …

Earlier this month, drones flew over the Kremlin loaded with explosives in a daring show of force against the highly-fortified iconic Russian complex. The footage alarmed the world, including the Russians, and like anything involving Russia, accusations began to fly. Was it the Russians themselves who flew the drones over …

U.S. officials said the drone attack on the Kremlin earlier this month was likely orchestrated by one of Ukraine’s special military or intelligence units, the latest in a series of covert actions against Russian targets that have unnerved the Biden administration. U.S. intelligence agencies do not know which unit carried …