Kalashnikov Concern said it plans to mass-produce the 30-round cartridges, which are meant to be fired by its AK-12 and split into fragments.

Ukraine and Russia are moving towards a potential deal to end the war, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing the top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

(Adds missing words "were blocked', paragraph 11) By Pavel Polityuk MALOPOLOVETSKE, Ukraine, April 10 (Reuters) - Mykola Maliienko, who farms the rich, black soil of central Ukraine and exports crops to Europe,

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Sputnik Radio that a "real political and diplomatic settlement" should begin

Russia declared Stanford University to be an “undesirable” organization, making it the latest in a series of foreign entities to be banned in the country.

Russia has unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on civilian areas of Ukraine and is stepping up ground attacks along the front.

Sixteen Cameroonians have been killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, the BBC has confirmed after a foreign ministry source verified that a recently leaked diplomatic note circulating on social media about the deaths was authentic.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed on X that Russia is currently depleting its strategic border reserves to maintain troop levels in Ukraine, while Kyiv expands its influence by exporting drone warfare expertise to the Middle East.

'China is willing to work with the international community to firmly support Cuba,' said a Beijing spokesperson China and Russia expressed support for Cuba's embattled government amid mounting pressure from the United States,