Russia's state budget for next year, which includes a 25% hike in military spending, will also be the most secretive in post-Soviet history, with almost one-third of all spending closed to public scrutiny,

Draft documents suggest Russia will increase defense spending to $145 billion as it embarks on a recruitment push.

The Kremlin plans a 25 percent increase to more than $145 billion in 2025, a year in which it had intended to cut military spending.

Ukraine's military has said it has withdrawn troops from the frontline town of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region.

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian troops have taken complete control of the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, a bastion that had resisted intense Russian attacks since the beginning of the 2022 war,

The U.S. military on Monday released video of what it said was an unsafe maneuver by a Russian fighter jet near Alaska during an intercept by the U.S. military last week. The United States regularly carries out aerial intercepts of Russian aircraft in international airspace near Alaska,

Video released this week shows a Russian fighter jet flying within just a few feet of an Air Force F-16 in the skies near Alaska.

Military officials have released new video of a startling interaction between a Russian jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. plane sent to intercept it