Russia is rerouting most of its exports from the EU to Asian countries, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Lan Foan, on Monday. In response to Western sanctions, Russia has been diversifying its foreign trade, including energy supplies. Moscow is now “at the stage of reorienting its export flows…

The long-range missile test comes after Pyongyang said US-South Korean drills were a “preview of a nuclear war” North Korea has test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that is capable of striking any target in the mainland United States, Japanese defense officials said. It is Pyongyang’s latest missile launch to have drawn international condemnation…

Citizens coerced into fighting have shown “zero” effectiveness on the front line and must be motivated properly, Kirill Budanov says Forcibly conscripted Ukrainians are performing poorly on the battlefield, Kiev’s military intelligence chief, Kirill Budanov, has admitted. He warned, however, that the country’s harsh recruitment drive must continue, and that no one will be able to…