Putin expressed support for China's peace plan proposed over a year ago that called for a ceasefire and ending unilateral sanctions against Russia. His remarks came ahead of his first foreign trip to China, which begins on Thursday, to highlight their "no limits" partnership.
The arrest of General Yuri Kuznetsov signals a widening of the biggest government corruption scandal in years, two days after President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly removed Sergei Shoigu from the post of defence minister.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to welcome his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. This will be Putin's first foreign trip since he was sworn in as president and began his fifth term in office.
Shoigu, 68, has been in charge of defence since 2012 and a long-time ally of Putin, who came under fire after his deputy was arrested last month on bribery charges. Putin has appointed him to lead Russia's powerful Security Council, replacing Nikolai Patrushev.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that the building had been damaged by fragments of a downed Tochka-U TRC missile. This was the second attack on Belgorod after the city came under fire on May 11.
Russia launched two cross-border attacks near Ukraine's Kharkiv region and pushed 1 km inside the border near Vovchansk, in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls a new wave of "counteroffensive actions". Zelenskyy warned that Russia was planning a major operation soon.
The arrests come after the CBI uncovered a significant trafficking operation orchestrated by travel agents. These agents promised Indian youths opportunities in Russia but instead forced them into the conflict zone by seizing their passports.
Russia's tactical nuclear weapon drills are a response to statements from the West about sending troops to Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday.
China's President Xi Jinping arrived in France on Sunday for a rare visit with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who is set to press him to reduce trade imbalances and try to convince him to use his influence on Russia over the war in Ukraine.
Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, an announcement Ukraine dismissed as evidence of Moscow's "desperation".
The US claims that Russia has violated the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) by using chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops. However, the Kremlin has denied the accusations and said that Russia is committed to obligations under international law.
The US accused Russia of using the choking agent chloropicrin, which is banned by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), against Ukrainian troops. It also accused Moscow of scaling up attacks using riot control gas and sanctioned several entities.
The strike was conducted by an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead, according to Ukrainian officials. In addition to those killed in the attack, one man died of a stroke attributed to a strike while a pregnant woman and a four-year-old child were injured.
Kazakhstan auctioned 117 combat aircraft in October, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers. These aircraft were deemed unusable and their modernisation was deemed economically impractical, raising questions over the US purchase.
According to the US Department of Treasury, the companies were involved in facilitating and financing the clandestine sale of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The India-based companies have been sanctioned for aiding the Iranian military entity Sahara Thunder.
The US had been secretly shipping long-range missiles to Ukraine in recent weeks as the latter's war with Russia has almost reached a breaking point. The missiles were contained in a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that was approved by President Biden in March.
Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov was detained on Tuesday, according to a brief 22-word statement by Russia's investigative committee. The statute that the investigators cited for his detention is for accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale".
A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the US Congress after months of delay, clearing the way for billions of dollars in fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia's invasion force and Kyiv's shortages of military supplies.
Russian forces slowly push forward along the around 1,000-kilometre front line as Ukraine is running out of options due to low ammunition and troops. Intense drone and artillery battles are raging across Ukraine as the war has now entered its third year.
Ukraine claims it shot down the Russian Tu-22M3 bomber, while Moscow claims the plane crashed due to a malfunction after a combat mission. Previous Ukrainian claims of shooting down Russian warplanes have been denied by the Kremlin.
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