Angela Stent, senior fellow at Brookings Institution, says Russian President Vladimir Putin counted on Chinese President Xi Jinping's support when he invaded Ukraine – and continues to count on Beijing's economic support and diplomatic support on a global stage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no fear of US President Donald Trump's threats and is preparing to continue military operations in Ukraine until the West agrees to his peace terms, Reuters reports.

North Korea is now supplying almost half of Russia’s ammunition for its war against Ukraine, South Korean military data shows. Pyongyang is accused of shipping millions of artillery shells and other munitions to Vladimir Putin’s military,

“Putin will not negotiate as a loser,” one of his longtime associates tells TIME by phone from Moscow. “He knows that winners don’t get punished, and if he wins, all of this” — the sanctions, the tariffs — “will go away.”

Donald Trump expressed frustration with Vladimir Putin with all eyes were on the White House as the US President sat down with NATO where he revealed he would be selling weapons to them

A Russian court has ruled that the assets of Glavprodukt, a U.S.-owned food company, should be handed over to the Kremlin, as a potential reset of ties between the United States and Russia remains out of reach for now.

As Gaza’s markets burn under airstrikes, Aussie troops drill for war with China, and Putin quietly tries to strip Iran of its nuclear swagger, the world feels less like a chessboard—and more like a powder keg waiting for a spark.

The Kremlin has, for the first time, openly acknowledged unprecedented censorship during the war with Ukraine, calling it justified, according to Reuters. On Friday, July 11, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Russian magazine Expert that wartime censorship in Russia is justified amid the conflict with Ukraine.