Tag: Russia
'God save the Tsar!': Putin receives first wishes for 72nd birthday
(Reuters) - "God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday...
Russia launches air attack on Kyiv, Odesa, Ukraine says
(Reuters) - Russian air attacks on Ukraine kept the eastern half of the country under air raid alert for more than five hours,...
Russia retrains ex-soldiers heading back to the battlefield
ROSTOV REGION, Russia (Reuters) - Nearly 20 years after he last served in Russia's army, "Mara" is back in uniform.The bearded ex-driver and...
Russia plans emergency public warning tests on Wednesday
(Reuters) - Russia will run a nationwide test of its emergency public warning systems on Wednesday, letting sirens wail and interrupting television and...
Russia downs over 100 Ukrainian drones in one of the largest barrages of the war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia Sunday, officials said, sparking a wildfire and setting an...
Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that's full of bile toward the West
Russia's top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with...