ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin looked out across a familiar scene on Friday — and a changing world. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live ...

After more than four years on the Ukrainian front lines, officer Kyrylo Bondarenko is finally sensing a shift. “We can see and feel how the mood among the Russian troops on the front line is changing.

The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides. By Paul Sonne Reporting from Berlin About 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in ...

Russia on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine from May 8-9, when Moscow marks its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations, and threatened a "massive missile strike" on Kyiv if ...

Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing a spring of discontent. Rolling digital blackouts in Russian cities have touched a nerve with ordinary citizens and public ...

The Lies of the Artists is a clever title for a book with the subtitle Essays on Italian Art, 1450-1750, but it seems to promise, as suggested on the book’s back cover, an exposé of the artists’ ...

Russian figure skater Adeliia Petrosian has landed triple axels and quadruple jumps in competition and she just might land on the medal podium at the 2026 Olympics. At which point, one of the more ...

In October, China deepened its support for Russia’s war effort through intelligence sharing, expanded drone supplies, and closer military cooperation, while strengthening diplomatic and economic ties ...

Russia’s wartime economy is getting weaker as the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, according to a recent report by PeaceRep, a research group led by the University of Edinburgh. The ...

Russia has escalated its winter offensive, claiming it killed thousands of Ukrainian troops in a wave of large-scale missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure, military command posts, drone hubs ...

A leaked document from the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed on Monday that the Russian Federation’s casualties in Ukraine in 2025 total more than 281,550. The report provided a breakdown of ...