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Polish authorities are looking into the role former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder may have played in helping Moscow prepare for its invasion of Ukraine, Polish news outlet RMF24 reported on May 11.
But Russian and Ukrainian sources say Kyiv's forces have made advances on the front line in Ukraine.
US ambassador in Pretoria accuses country of providing arms to Russia despite its stated neutrality in the Ukraine war.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved a comprehensive strategic plan for reforming all law enforcement agencies and the prosecutor's office of Ukraine - a detailed document designed until 2027. — Ukrinform.
Goods worth at least $1 billion bought by companies in Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan from their partners in the European Union have disappeared while crossing Russia, the Financial Times reported on May 10.
A Russian court gives a two-year suspended sentence to a St Petersburg woman who left a note on the grave of President Vladimir Putin's parents on the eve of his birthday that said they had "raised a freak and a killer".
As the war continues, new Ukrainian air defense capabilities from NATO coupled with the destruction of Russian air defense assets may lead to the Ukrainians opening their airspace as their counter-offensive looms.
Sergei Georgievich Naumenko, who is not on sanctions list, is also seeking damages in high court claim
With the Wagner Group cut off from recruiting in prisons, Russia's military has now adopted the same practise to bolster its ranks in Ukraine.
In a message shared on social media, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that Russia was behind the sex tape scandal that led to Muharrem İnce’s withdrawal from the presidential race. Kılıçdaroğlu warned Russia not to interfere with Turkish domestic affairs and said, “If you want our friendship after May 15, take off your hands from Turk’s state.”
A sell-off in the South African rand and bonds gathered pace on Thursday, as news reports that South Africa had provided arms to Russia spooked investors already concerned about the economic impact of crippling power cuts.
Wind power overtakes gas for the first time in the UK during first three months of year.
Journalists from Krym Realii media outlet published a map on May 10 that geolocates 223 active, temporary, and preserved military facilities in Russian-occupied Crimea.
A 60-year-old Russian woman was given a two-year suspended sentence on Thursday for leaving a note with an "insulting inscription" on the grave of President Vladimir Putin’s parents, independent news sites reported on Thursday.
Serbian police say citizens have handed over nearly 6,000 unregistered weapons in the first three days of a month-long amnesty period that is part of an anti-gun crackdown following two mass shootings last week. The Serbian Interior Ministry on Thursday said on Instagram that police also have received nearly 300,000 rounds of ammunition and about 470 explosive devices during the same period. The effort to rid Serbia of excessive guns was launched after 17 people were killed in two mass shootings last week and 21 were wounded. One of the shootings took place in a school for the first time ever in Serbia.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has threatened to put the International Criminal Court (ICC) judges who issued the warrant for the arrest of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on the wanted list.
The US has accused South Africa of providing ammunition to Russia through a Russian ship that docked at the Simon's Town naval base in Cape Town in December last year.
Russian authorities will launch construction of a village outside Moscow for conservative-minded Americans and Canadians next year, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on the possible loss of US military support for Ukraine after the 2024 US presidential election, saying that Ukraine could gain victory by then.