Former armed forces minister James Heappey stressed that the West ‘had the intelligence’ about Putin’s invasion launched in February 2022

The Pentagon has claimed that Russian troops have suffered 600,000 casualties in Ukraine since February 2022, with Moscow suffering a surge in casualties in recent months

A Russian missile slammed into a commercial building in Ukraine's southern Odesa region overnight, killing four people including a 16-year-old girl, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Friday. It was the fourth Russian attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa and the nearby region in the last five days.

Four people were killed by a Russian missile strike in Ukraine's southern Odesa region on Friday, Governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app. Kiper said a ballistic missile struck a two-storey building where civilians lived and worked.

Putin held a meeting with Iran's president on Friday, a significant encounter given Tehran's ongoing role in supplying weapons to bolster Moscow's war efforts in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, hailing the "very close" relationship between Russia and Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met in Turkmenistan on Friday for their first in-person meeting since the latter took office over the summer. The two countries have a growing military relationship that has occurred against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.