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Ella Pamfilova, head of Russia's Central Election Commission, center, reports the official results of Russia's parliamentary elections at the commission's meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Final results of Russia’s tightly managed vote give a record high parliament seats to Kremlin party

Associated Press

Maj. Robert "Magyar" Brovdi stands in the control room during a long-range unmanned aerial vehicle operation targeting Russian positions in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Crimea strikes could rise sevenfold if Western funds came faster, Ukraine drone commander tells AP

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

The name of an outlet of Russia's major online retailer Wildberries is seen on building in Moscow, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine hits Russia’s largest online marketplace, hurting small businesses and bringing the war home

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman of K-2 brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces carries a midrange drone on takeoff position before flying towards Russian positions at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian midrange drones reshape the battlefield by targeting Russian supply lines

By Samya Kullab and Dmytro Zhyhinas - Associated Press

In this image taken from video provided by Russian Presidential Press Service on Friday, July 3, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin while visiting one of the command posts of the Joint Group of the Russian Forces, in an undisclosed location. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

1 killed in attack on Crimea as Putin and Zelenskyy hold separate Trump calls

Associated Press

A woman looks at an apartment building burning after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Putin shrugs off fuel shortages in Russia as he ramps up attacks on Ukraine

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo, provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters extinguish a fire in a residential building following a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, June 26, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments of Russia

Associated Press

People buy food at an improvised outdoor market surrounded by damaged buildings covered with street artist paintings close to a big city marketplace that was ruined recently by Russian missiles in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s latest long-range strikes on Russia hit a major natural gas plant and satellite centers

By Illia Novikov - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier practices military skills at a training ground near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales

Associated Press

FILE - Tourists walk along an embankment in Sevastopol, Crimea, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Ukraine strikes fuel supplies to Crimea, sparking a fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula

Associated Press

An overhead view of silos at a grain handling and storage facility in central Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. In recent months, an increasing amount of grain has been unloaded from overcrowded silos and is heading to ports on the Black Sea, set to traverse a fledgling shipping corridor launched after Russia pulled out of a U.N.-brokered agreement this summer that allowed food to flow safely from Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

Russia accused of plundering Ukraine’s grain, coal and minerals in occupied territories

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, people cover bodies of civilians killed in Russia's aerial guided bomb attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Russia snubs Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire, firing dozens of drones

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a live broadcast at the 6th German-Ukrainian Business Forum of the DIHK, the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations and the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Ukraine), in Berlin, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Topics include infrastructure, energy and defense as well as investment conditions for German companies in Ukraine. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Ukraine’s leader says Russian naval assets are no longer safe in the Black Sea near Crimea

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

This image taken from the Twitter account of President Donald J. Trump, @realDonaldTrump, shows an undated photo of the aftermath of an explosion at Iran's Imam Khomeini Space Center in the country's Semnan province. The explosion Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, left the smoldering remains of a rocket on a launch pad at the center, which was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch. In his tweet Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, Trump wrote: "The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran. I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One." (Donald J. Trump Twitter account via AP)

Iran’s allies reach out as U.S. levels new round of sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps light flares during a rally on the snowy streets in front of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Some hundreds of protesters from far-right party National Corps brandished yellow-and-blue flags with the Ukrainian national trident symbol, and a banner reading 'Don't back down!&quot; (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

AP Explains: Russia-Ukraine dispute raises new tensions

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

FILE In this Friday, March 7, 2014 file photo, Yulia Samoylova sits on stage during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Ukraine's security service says it has prepared documents to ban Russia's contestant from this year's Eurovision song contest, but that a final decision has not been made. Russia chose Yulia Samoylova to represent the country in 2017's May 11-13 contest in Kiev. (AP Photo/Ekaterina Lyzlova, File)

Ukraine bans Russia’s entry to Eurovision song contest

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at the start of their meeting as a part of Japan-Russia foreign and defence ministers meeting at Iikura guest house in Tokyo, Japan Monday, March 20, 2017. The foreign and defense ministers from Japan and Russia are meeting in Tokyo for the first &quot;two-plus-two&quot; talks since Russia's annexation of Ukraine. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan and Russia hold talks on security, territorial dispute

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, a woman walks with her dog past a graffiti depicting the Russia and Crimean flags on the outskirts of Simferopol, Crimea. Two years after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin touts the move as a historic achievement, looking on with a satisfied smile from countless billboards across the peninsula. However, overwhelming opposition from the Muslim Tatar ethnic minority puts a crack in this picture of unanimous support, as evidenced in interviews with more than two dozen Tatars across Crimea. And the resistance appears to be growing. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Tatars step up resistance to Russian rule over Crimea

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

ADDS THAT RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCIES REPORTED THAT THE MEETING WAS HELD AT AN EARLIER DATE In this image supplied by the Presidential Press Service Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the regional leader of Karelia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 . The Kremlin’s press service attempted to dispel the rumors about Putin's health Wednesday by issuing a photo of a meeting between Putin and the regional governor of Karelia. However, local news agencies had reported on the meeting as early as March 5. Russian news agency RBC cited an anonymous source in the Karelian governor’s office as saying that the meeting had actually taken place March 4. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy hospital ship Peace Ark. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Inside China: Money dispute with Kiev threatens future Chinese arms buys

By Miles Yu