Tensions between Russia and the Ukraine take a new turn every day, from threats and trading Barb's to a full scale military operation, now some say the two sides are in for a long dispute.

The United States has admitted that Ukraine hosts “biological research facilities,” expressing concern that they could come under the control of Russian forces, as Moscow makes further advances following its military offensive in the country.

Russia has demanded the demilitarization of Ukraine, saying there should be a list of specified weapons that the nation could never possess, as a second round of conflict-resolution talks between Moscow and Kiev is underway.

Russia has announced that its forces have taken control of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, as Moscow's large-scale military offensive against its neighbor enters its seventh day.

Ukraine’s embattled President Volodymyr Zelensky rejects a US offer to evacuate him out of capital Kiev as Russian troops closed in on the city, insisting on staying put.

Russian aerial and ground forces reportedly stage a military exercise in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo, where Kurdish-led and US-backed SDF militants are in control.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States should end its plunder of Syria's natural resources and fight foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists instead.

Moscow says the United States, which maintains an illegal presence in the Arab country, is in no position to comment on the Russian presence there, which comes at the request of Damascus.

Russian and Syrian missile strikes have hit makeshift oil refineries in northern Syria as Turkish-backed Takfiri militants were trying to smuggle oil to Turkey.

At least three Russian soldiers are injured in an anti-tank missile attack in the de-escalation zone of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.