Senior officials from the Security Service of Ukraine were targeted in the strike, the Russian military reported Russian forces have struck a location where Ukrainian security and defense commanders were holding a meeting, the Defense Ministry claimed on Monday.

Don’t expect a standing ovation from nations that seek to contain Russia, the president told supporters Western criticism of the Russian political system and its elections as supposedly undemocratic is hypocritical and irrelevant to the nation, President Vladimir Putin has told the media after securing a new term in office.

The Russian leader has called the political situation in America a “catastrophe” The US has become a global laughing stock by criticizing democratic processes in other nations while suppressing a presidential candidate in its own election, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has claimed.