Vladimir Putin

The North Korean leader made the pledge in a message to Putin marking Russia's National Day, defending his decision to invade Ukraine and displaying "full support and solidarity."

After Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Sunday in a runoff vote that posed the biggest challenge to his 20 years of rule, wishes started pouring in from across the world on his historic re-election.

Since the Ukraine conflict began in February last year, PM Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as Volodymyr Zelenskyy a number of times during which he insisted that the conflict should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.

PM Modi, who arrived in Japan on Friday, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 20. This is the first meeting between the two leaders post the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On Friday, PM Modi left for the Japanese city to attend three sessions at the G7 summit as part of his three-nation tour that will also take him to Papua New Guinea and Australia. Besides attending the summit, PM Modi will also hold a serious of bilateral meetings with a number of global leaders including Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio.

Russia's ongoing military melodrama is dangerous for the Kremlin. Put simply, it's becoming harder for President Vladimir Putin to dissociate himself from serious errors of judgement.

The Royal Air Force's (RAF) long-range cruise missile, Storm Shadow, have a sprawling range of up to 190 missiles. It is reportedly said that the missile could reach deep into occupied territory.

Addressing the parade, President Putin said, "Today civilisation is again at a decisive turning point." The parade included elderly veterans and soldiers from Russia's Ukraine campaign."

Wagner has been spearheading Russia's attempt to capture Bakhmut since last summer, in the longest and bloodiest battle of the war in Ukraine. Putin has made it a prized aim to seize the town.

On Wednesday,Russia claimed it had shot down two drones at President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin residence in what it called a Ukrainian “terrorist” assassination attempt.