In a recent meeting, President Vladimir Putin claimed that the invasion into Ukraine wasn't anything "real" or "serious."

After the exit of Western companies from the Russian market, Chinese tech companies are gaining ground.

35 countries are calling for stricter international sports sanctions on Belarus and Russia.

Putin denies Russia shelled a shopping center in Kremenchug, Ukraine, that killed 18 people.

The Prime Minister of Bulgaria has ordered 70 Russian diplomats to leave the country. 

The US recently announced sanctions on import of Russian gold. 

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country has lost approximately 400,000 tons of grain to theft by Russian troops.

Russian combatants occupying Melitopol, Ukraine, have fallen ill after eating poisoned cherries.

Russian imports of Chinese cars have steadily fallen since the invasion of Ukraine began, revealing a stalling industry.

New material recognizing two Russia-friendly separatist regions in eastern Ukraine will soon be taught in Russian high schools. 

A round-up of some facts and figures regarding fleeing civilians and lost material from the Russian war on Ukraine. 

"In general, it has been calculated that if the right of nations to self-determination is actually realized throughout the globe, then instead of the 193 states that are now members of the UN, more than 500 or 600 states would emerge on Earth. Of course, it would be chaos. For this reason, we don’t recognize Taiwan, Kosovo, South Ossetia, or Abkhazia. Apparently, this principle will be applied to the quasi-states, which, in our view, Luhansk and Donetsk are."

– President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, at a recent forum with President Putin