And it is Moscow who currently controls around a fifth of Ukraine’s sovereign land, and is continually trying to push forward to take more. According to the US, more than 1.2 million people have been killed or injured since the war begun.

The words of Donald Trump that he promised Vladimir Putin to "bomb Moscow" during his first presidential term have prompted a comment from Dmitri Peskov. The journalist asked Vladimir Putin's press secretary whether the above statement was made, if so, when and how the Kremlin treats such information leaks. This is reported by Dialog.UA.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it was shocked by the sudden death of Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoit, news of which broke hours after President Vladimir Putin had sacked him. Starovoit was found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life,

Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said that the Kremlin is paying close attention to statements made by US President Donald Trump, who previously expressed his disappointment with the results of his conversation with Vladimir Putin.

Is there a direct link between what US President Donald Trump says and what Russian President Vladimir Putin does? Certainly, the harsh words and bitter violence of recent days in Ukraine suggest the answer is maybe.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that mothers and women recovering from surgery were among the nine injured in Kharkiv as a result of the aerial strike, as he said: “ Russia is targeting life itself – even in the very places where it begins.”

Russia’s transport minister allegedly shot himself in the head on Monday just hours after President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from his post, investigators said.

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he has sharpened his rhetoric criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.