Officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that a demographic crisis could mean the country he leads will be short millions of workers by the end of the decade.

Experts fear Russia could emply battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine after being given 50 days to stop the fighting by the US

The Kremlin has been rocked by the news that a once staunch ally is considering an exit from a Russian-led military coalition. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), often seen as Russia's answer to NATO,

Only tough pressure can force the Kremlin to make concessions. And the American president, Donald Trump, is capable of this, states Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to the New York Post.

Russia has responded to President Trump’s new hardline Ukraine policy with a mix of defiance and veiled threats. -While Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the US ultimatum “very serious,” former president Dmitry Medvedev was more belligerent,

Putin ally warns Moscow will launch preventative strikes against the west ‘if necessary’ - Russian air defence units destroyed 122 Ukrainian drones overnight that targeted the capital Moscow, official

And so it was, just two days after Donald Trump revealed he had decided to lift his administration’s pause on the supply of US-made weapons to Ukraine, that Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov,

Russian leader Vladimir Putin lied to US President Donald Trump about his intention to end the war against Ukraine. The American leader eventually realized it, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with the New York Post.

Trump's threat against Russia runs parallel to a Senate-led effort to pass crippling sanctions on countries that buy Russian energy.

President Trump now wants to give more weapons to Ukraine and is threatening increased sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to end the war in 50 days. The president explained why in a phone call with our partners at BBC News.