MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - ⁠Russian ⁠forces have taken 1,700 square ⁠km (656 square miles) of territory in Ukraine this year and are ​advancing on its so-called fortress belt in Donbas, Moscow's top general said while inspecting his forces.

The head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that hostile nations like Russia, Iran and China are behind the most serious cyberattacks in the U.K.

Russia has lost 1,320,310 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on April 21. The number includes 1,040 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) - Part of an apartment building has collapsed in the Russian city of Syzran on the Volga river after a Ukrainian drone attack, injuring 11 people, local authorities said on Wednesday.

A defence-fuelled borrowing binge in Russia has created ‘a large pool of opaque, unmeasured and poorly managed default risk’, says a Harvard historian - Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters The biggest lender to Russia’s defence companies is in free fall.

The ongoing ceasefire in the Middle East is an obvious boon for Ukraine, but it remains extremely fragile, analysts say. The U.S. and Israel, which attacked Iran in late February, reached a two-week

April 21 (Reuters) - Russia was forced to reduce oil output in April due to Ukrainian drone attacks on ports and refineries, as well as a halt to crude supplies via the only remaining Russian oil pipeline to Europe,

Russia's United Aircraft Corporation delivered a new batch of Su-35S multirole fighters to the Aerospace Forces, reinforcing ongoing frontline air operations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend, ordering Russian forces to halt hostilities from 4 p.m. on Saturday until the end of Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to abide by the ceasefire but warned of a swift military response to any violations.

Hostile states, including China, Iran, and Russia, are responsible for the majority of nationally significant cyber attacks targeting Britain, the head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is set to reveal.

Explosions were reported overnight in the Russian city of Novocherkassk in Rostov Oblast, according to Russian media and Telegram channels.