Russian forces were reportedly cut off and surrendering in Ukraine's Kupyansk as supply lines fail. Only dozens of isolated troops remain in the strategic city.

Russian journalists learned that a government office inadvertently made thousands of sensitive complaints viewable online, including accounts of abuse and coercion in the military.

That posture was on display this week when Iran announced that three of its domestically designed satellites were launched into orbit aboard a Russian rocket. The launch was broadcast by Iran’s Arabic-language state television channel Al-Alam News Network, which aired footage showing the satellites lifting off from Russian territory.

Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate at the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was named as the high-ranking officer killed in the explosion. He oversees combat training for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.

The Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting, a state-backed Russian think tank, said this month the country could face a banking crisis by next October if loan troubles worsen and depositors pull out their funds, according to the Post.

Poland sent fighter jets to intercept a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying near its airspace over the Baltic Sea and said dozens of objects entered from Belarus overnight, warning the incidents during the holiday season may signal a provocation.

Housing in Russia differs from what you find in Europe or the U.S. The forms of ownership, communal and private spaces, balconies as a luxury, and noisy neighbors behind thin walls – these are just some of the peculiarities of Russian residential living.

Russian investigators said Monday they were looking into whether Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was assassinated by Ukrainian intelligence services.

A Russian cargo ship that sank to the bottom of the Mediterranean under unusual circumstances last year is believed to have been carrying parts for a type of naval nuclear reactor, according to a new report.