Russian authorities report that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike at a New Year’s party in a café in the Kherson region has risen to at least 27 people.

Russia has formally asked the United States stop chasing an oil tanker that had been sailing for Venezuela to pick up oil, a report says.

Moscow has handed over what it calls irrefutable proof to the United States that Ukraine attempted a large-scale drone attack on one of President Putin's residences.

Putin has reaffirmed Russia’s determination to achieve victory in the Western-backed war in Ukraine.

Belarus released video of the deployment on its territory of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system.

The presidents of Iran and Russia have held a telephone conversation to review the latest status of bilateral relations and the implementation of joint agreements between the two nations.

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a stern warning, with spokesperson Maria Zakharova stating that Russia's response to a failed drone attack by Ukraine on President Vladimir Putin’s state residence will not be diplomatic.