Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, including one in Dnipropetrovsk region where Moscow says its troops have begun to make advances.

Forty-eight people were confirmed dead after a plane crashed in Russia’s Far East region on Thursday, with search crews finding the aircraft's burning fuselage.

Almost 50 people including children are feared dead after a Soviet-era passenger plane crashed in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, state media reported on Thursday, citing local officials.

Russia will launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Sunday, Russian authorities said, as the two former communist bloc allies move to improve ties following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Ukrainian drones hit Russia's Sochi resort while Russian forces bombarded Odessa's residential areas and historic Pryvoz market, hours after ceasefire talks collapsed.

MOSCOW (AP) — A passenger plane carrying 49 people, including 5 children, crashed in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region Thursday, local emergency services said. Russian news agencies said that an initial aerial inspection suggested there were no survivors.

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia's far east on Thursday as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board in an incident that spotlighted the continued use of old,

A day of mourning was held in the Amur region of Russia, Friday, following a plane crash which killed 49 people including five children.

A Norwegian P-8A "Poseidon" flew close to Russia's major submarine hubs in the Murmansk region before heading to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

Security expert Fred Fleitz argues Trump's strategy of pressuring Putin through oil sanctions and NATO arms deals will be effective but may take years to resolve the Ukraine conflict.