FBI Director Kash Patel has been given a not-so-subtle message about his purported plans for a trip to Russia as a Kremlin-friendly newspaper warns he better come bearing gifts. Moskovsky Komsomolets,

A Ukrainian intelligence official says Russia is deploying a North Korean unit with up to 120 ballistic missiles in its war against Ukraine.

Among the victims of the explosion, which also injured 21 people, were a security guard and a woman who the authorities say had arrived with the suspicious package.

Russia and Ukraine traded their heaviest strikes in months, fueling fears of escalation and further strain on oil supplies.

A homemade bomb exploded during a private event at a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday, killing two people as well as the woman suspected of carrying the device and injuring 21 others, according to state news agency RIA Novosti,

Russia and Ukraine are producing ever larger numbers of innovative aerial weapons, hoping for a breakthrough as ground combat is largely frozen.

Major General Plokhotnyuk and Chaiko's son-in-law have been buried in Moscow following the explosion at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on 1 August.

A majority of the U.S. Senate backed sweeping Russia sanctions legislation on Aug. 7 that would impose tariffs on countries purchasing Russian oil and gas, aiming to cut off a key source of funding for Moscow's war against Ukraine.