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Both leaders have expressed their desire to strengthen bilateral cooperation on multiple levels during the high-level talks at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili has claimed Vladimir Putin was planning to invade Ukraine as far back as 2004 in a sensational letter smuggled out of a hospital prison.

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his country Monday for the first time since the end of a short-lived mutiny of Wagner mercenary troops led by Yevgeny Prigozhin over the weekend.

Russia President Vladimir Putin made a surprise weekend visit to the war-ravaged port of Mariupol, state media reported, the Kremlin leader's first trip to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine's Donbas region since the conflict began.

Russia, which has suffered massive casualties in Ukraine, has already had several commanders in charge of the war in less than year of fighting.

General Sergei Surovikin is being replaced after getting the job last October. He will now serve as a deputy to his successor, General Valery Gerasimov.

Kyiv and other major cities across Ukraine were hit with drone strikes Monday. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited ally Belarus. And British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told leaders of Baltic countries to ignore Russia’s calls for a ceasefire, stating it could be a “false call.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of playing a "dangerous, bloody and dirty game" by "escalating" global situations, such as the Ukraine war and Taiwan.

The war-related interruption highlights “how precarious the situation is” at Europe's largest nuclear plant.

Vladimir Putin marked the illegal annexation parts of Ukraine with a rambling speech lamenting the fall of the Soviet Union.