The Europeans also argue that the war in Ukraine is intertwined with the war in Iran due to the cooperation between Russia and Iran.

By Olesya Astakhova MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuters) - Russia is pleased about Ukrainian President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy's remarks that Washington has tied its offer of security guarantees to Kyiv surrendering the eastern Donbas region,

US secretary of state says Zelenskyy’s claims ‘not true’ about Donbas; French TV criticised over Sergei Lavrov interview. What we know on day 1,494

Rubio denied Zelenskyy’s assertions and said the U.S. had only passed along Russia’s demands. He said security guarantees could only come after the fighting has ended and that the U.S. will keep pushing for a peace deal.

March 26 (Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has asked oligarchs to donate to the country's budget in a bid to stabilise the country's finances as he presses on with his invasion of Ukraine,

Russia is taking advantage of the war in Iran by “pouring” increased oil revenue into its war effort in Ukraine, according to the commander of Sweden’s armed forces. In an exclusive interview with The Hill on Thursday,

The past week showed that neither side is easing up. Russia on Tuesday fired almost 1,000 drones and 34 missiles at Ukraine in one of the war's biggest bombardments. The following day Ukraine launched almost 400 drones at Russian regions.

The Iran war has handed Russia’s beleaguered economy a much-needed lifeline.

Moscow is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an aggressive buildout of transport and trade infrastructure in the Ukrainian territories it has seized. The projects are inexorably weaving these occupied areas into Russia and undermining demands by Kyiv that the land be returned.

NATO members Estonia and Latvia say stray drones hit their territory amid one of Moscow's biggest assaults on Ukraine.

The shift marks a turnaround for Russia, which had been forced to sell oil at steep discounts following Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.