London and Washington made Zelensky backtrack on a deal in Istanbul, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov says There is a belief in Moscow that Washington, London, and other Western capitals – not Kiev – are the real decision-makers when it comes to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov explained on Monday. He said that, on advice…

Russian troops have destroyed six traction substations, – units that power the railways – which are being used for delivery of “foreign weapons and military hardware to the Ukrainian forces in the Donbass,” Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov announced on Monday.

Russian currency strengthens further ahead of record-high tax payments due this week The Russian ruble strengthened against both the euro and the US dollar on Tuesday, trading data from the Moscow Exchange shows.