Beijing's top diplomat told President Vladimir Putin that China and Russia must work to strengthen cooperation in the face of a "complex international situation", Chinese state media reported Thursday.
Putin said Moscow could help North Korea build satellites and hinted the two countries might also discuss military cooperation, saying he was "very glad" to see Kim in Russia. Kim told Putin that North Korea would make bilateral ties with Russia its "number one priority" and that Russia was facing down "hegemonist forces" seeking to undermine its security.
Ukraine on Friday said four people were killed and dozens injured as Russia launched a new wave of air strikes in the centre and east of the country.
Biden will discuss "a range of joint efforts to tackle global issues" including climate change and "mitigating the economic and social impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine", National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said ahead of the summit.
The head of the Wagner group that in June attempted to topple Russia's military leadership was on the passengers list of a plane that crashed Wednesday, Russian news agencies said.
The Ukrainian port city of Odesa came under renewed Russian missile attack early Sunday, just hours before President Vladimir Putin was due to hold a summit with his staunch Belarus ally Alexander Lukashenko.
A former Russian leader said the end of Vladimir Putin's regime will begin when Ukraine liberates Crimea.
Russian Gen. Sergei Surovikin has not been seen publicly since the Wagner group's failed rebellion in late June.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made the odd comment during a meeting with Irkutsk regional governor Igor Kobzev.
Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Minister Dmitry Kuleba made the statement while speaking at a ministerial round table at the UN.
Former President Donald Trump claimed he would use his relationship with the Ukrainian and Russian leaders to urge them to make a peace deal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his country's opposition to Ukraine's NATO membership bid, warning that it would create global instability.
Russian authorities have devised a new punishment for opposition leader Alexei Navalny by playing President Vladimir Putin's speech every night in his cell.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev doubled down on the nuclear threat against Ukraine as he proposed to use Russian nuclear weapons against the country.
Retired Gen. Robert Abrams said Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin would likely be in prison if he is still alive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin summoned exiled Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to a three-hour meeting five days after the latter's failed rebellion.
Ukrainian forces destroyed dozens of Russian military assets over the weekend as the country marked 500 days of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was spotted in St. Petersburg this week after being exiled to Belarus nearly two weeks ago.
Former President Dmitry Medvedev suggested that Russia could use its nuclear weapons to end the war in Ukraine, which has been going on for more than 16 months.
The upgrades to Vladimir Putin's armored train will cost the Russian government at least $74.5 million.
Ukraine is racing against time to prepare its residents for a possible "nuclear explosion" at the heavily-contested Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
A former British Army officer believes China would turn its back on Russian President Vladimir Putin if he used tactical nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war.
