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State media reports that chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, was in Ukraine to discuss Moscow’s next steps in the warRussia launched 19 attack drones at Ukraine overnight and six missiles, with the Ukrainian air defence systems destroying 13 of the drones and one missile, Ukraine’s air force said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.Some of the drones that were not destroyed did not reach...

Despite prompts from the host, the former US president did not mention Putin when asked about Navalny in the Fox News town hall eventDonald Trump has used an interview with Fox News to compare his own legal troubles to the persecution of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last week.In the interview on Tuesday, the former US president said Navalny was...

US president says ‘I hope to God’ death of anti-Putin critic spurs lawmakers to approve critical $60bn aid package for UkraineAlexei Navalny death: live updatesThe apparent death of Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny has brought new urgency to the need for Congress to approve tens of billions of dollars of aid for Ukraine, Joe Biden said on Friday.The US president put the blame for...