Russian soldiers call the practice a sacrifice to Baba Yaga, a fearsome witch from Slavic folklore who feasts on her victims.

President Donald Trump said he will reduce a previous 50-day deadline he issued to Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal with Ukraine after admitting the Russian leader seems to have no intention of complying with it.

President Donald Trump answered questions on topics from Russia and Gaza to Jeffrey Epstein for more than an hour alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his Scotland trip. The wide-ranging informal press conference,

US President Donald Trump is no longer going to talk to Russian leader Vladimir Putin about a ceasefire with Ukraine, as he told reporters at a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The American president was asked whether he believes that Putin is deceiving him about his intentions to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine.

The Kremlin has been in a state of high alert for some time, and President Putin has been eager to reassert Russia's nuclear threat to the West.

Russia was forced to downsize its celebration parades honouring the navy on Sunday amid security threats from continuing Ukrainian drone attacks, Kremlin officials said.Annual parades of Russian warships to mark the Navy Day were cancelled in St Petersburg,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has just 37 days to meet President Trump’s deadline for a deal to end the Ukraine war. But Moscow appears unfazed, as its forces continue to pummel Kyiv. Fareed discusses the situation with Alina Polyakova,

Lithuania, a tiny nation of 2.8 million people, has been ramping up military spending and exercises in response to the growing threat from Moscow