Russia has admitted for the first time that a Ukrainian missile sank its prized Black Sea flagship, later deleting the statement and returning to the official narrative that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva went down because of a freak accident.

After a chaotic winter, a handful of Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed pathways to qualify for Milan Cortina.

Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov has won a legal complaint against German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung over an article it published about him, court documents obtained by Reuters show.

In the video, a voice believed to be that of the commander can be heard berating the soldiers for attempting to abandon their posts and refusing orders.

About 60 million barrels has been added to Russian crude at sea since August

Officials in Ukraine say that a heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed at least three people and wounded 23, including children and a pregnant woman.

Russia has lost twice as many soldiers as Ukraine, with total casualties in the ongoing war expected to reach 2 million this spring, according to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

While athletes compete under their nation’s respective flags, that won’t be the case for those hailing from Russia.

Russian forces have started withdrawing from positions in northeast Syria still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.