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Meeting between leaders would underlines the two nations deepening relationship after Myanmar coup and Ukraine invasion.

Russia said Monday it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China — a show of increasingly close defense ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Vostok…

Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin doesn't mention areas that have seen heavy fighting, including around Mariupol, as he talks of the steps needed to work towards an agreement, which Moscow's top negotiator says is still a long way off.

Some Russian units suffering heavy losses in Ukraine had been forced to return home and to neighboring Belarus, British military intelligence said a day after Russia promised to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacted with skepticism to the offer made by Russia…

Peace talks are expected to resume as Ukraine and the West warn Moscow may be preparing a major offensive.

Russia says it will ‘fundamentally cut back military activity’ around Kyiv and Chernihiv after Ukraine talks.

The Kremlin's Deputy Defence Minister made the announcement as part of peace talks in Istanbul

Moscow claimed the move was intended to ‘increase trust’ in talks between Russia and Ukraine

Today's talks in Istanbul were the first face-to-face meeting between the sides since March 10 and follows more than a month of fighting