The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Testing of intercontinental ballistic missile likely to coincide with US election, warns South

As the war enters its 978th day, these are the main developments.

Russian President Putin demonstrates nuclear forces exercise amid tensions with the West over Ukraine, emphasizing readiness and deterrence.

Finland’s president says that North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia represents an escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war that goes against China’s own stated position on the conflict

Russian forces capture Selydove in Donetsk region and conduct aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities, causing casualties.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently accused North Korea of plans to send 10,000 soldiers to fight for Russia in Ukraine. South Korean intelligence later gave credence to Zelenskyy’s assertion, as the country’s legislators noted that North Korea has already dispatched 3,000 soldiers to Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a massive exercise of the country’s nuclear forces featuring a simulation of a retaliatory strike

The last two summits of Brics countries have raised questions about the coalition’s identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the summit hosted by South Africa in 2023, and more acutely at the recent 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia.

The US says it will not impose new limits on Ukraine’s use of its weapons if North Korea joins Russia’s war.