Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise

A new school textbook that likens Russia's war in Ukraine to the Soviet struggle against the Nazis and says Russia was "forced" to send troops into Ukraine was presented in Moscow on Monday. President Vladimir Putin casts the war,

Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine, as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s industrial heartland

The textbook series was edited by Vladimir Medinsky, an adviser to Putin who was once involved in peace negotiations with Ukraine soon after the war broke out. Those peace talks e

A new textbook for Russian students has introduced a chapter on the war in Ukraine, suggesting that Vladimir Putin was "forced" to attack his neighbour. The author of the textbook is an advisor to the President of Russia.

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Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.