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"We are ready for dialogue with Russia, but with another Russian president," Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said in a video posted to Telegram.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two decrees recognizing Kherson and Zaporozhye as regions independent of Ukraine just after midnight on Friday (Moscow time).

The official was unwilling to go on the record.

DoD on Wednesday released a 'Fact Sheet on US Security Assistance to Ukraine' showing the Biden admin has authorized $16.9 billion in military aid for Ukraine in 2022.

Some estimates put the figure at over 90%.

There’s no sign that Kiev’s backers in the US and EU will be stepping up weapons deliveries to Ukraine in response to the partial mobilization in Russia, Bloomberg has reported.

President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, Russia’s TASS news agency confirmed on Monday.

A gunman killed 13 people, including seven children, and wounded 21 other people in a school in central Russia on Monday, authorities said.

With four occupied regions of Ukraine currently in the midst of a five-day referendum on whether to join the Russian Federation, a Kremlin lawmaker told state media over the weekend that the territories are likely to be absorbed by Russia on September 30.

President Biden is condemning the “sham” referendums in occupied areas of Ukraine that would unite those regions with Russia, saying the U.S. will never recognize those territories...