A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk region says that Moscow’s forces have overrun all of it.

China has become trendy for Russians who once worshiped everything Western. Young people are learning Mandarin, and Chinese culture and goods have become ubiquitous in Moscow.

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Russian forces have reportedly seized their first village in Ukraine's east-central Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Russian state media and war bloggers, marking a new advance in the ongoing ...