Russia faces an 'exodus' of troops as prisoners recruited to fight in Ukraine start to be pardoned and return home, says UK intel

Tech Insider
Cadets of a military academy fire a salute during the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a mercenary for the private Russian military company Wagner Group, who was killed in Ukraine, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on December 24, 2022.
Cadets fire a salute during the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a mercenary for the Wagner Group, who was killed in Ukraine, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on December 24, 2022.

REUTERS/Igor Russak

China doesn't want Russia to 'go down in flames' in Ukraine because they need Putin to 'foil' US power, White House official says

Tech Insider
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.

Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via

Putin has 'aggressively' tried to make China his ally because Russia is running out of ammo in Ukraine, a White House official said

Tech Insider
Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone as part of a nationwide charity campaign, in Moscow on January 3, 2023.

MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Photos from Putin's big meeting with China's Xi show no absurdly long tables but feature unexpectedly giant flags

Tech Insider
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

Photo by PAVEL BYRKIN/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Video shows mass order of KFC arriving to Xi's hotel during Putin visit, even though it's supposed to have rebranded in Russia

Tech Insider : Politics
A still image shows KFC-branded bags piled up outside the Soluxe Hotel in Moscow, Russia, on March 20, 2023, while Chinese leader Xi Jinping was staying there.
A still image shows KFC-branded bags piled up outside the Soluxe Hotel in Moscow, Russia, on March 20, 2023, while Chinese leader Xi Jinping was staying there.

Ruptly/Insider

Russia is using decades-old oil tankers on icy waters to duck sanctions and prop up its struggling energy exports

Tech Insider
An abandoned cargo vessel lies
An abandoned cargo vessel lies beached along the Black Sea near the war torn city of Ochamchire in Abkhazia.

Loop Images / Contributor

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley appeared to shade Ron DeSantis, referencing his comments on the Ukraine war and calling it 'weakness'

Tech Insider : Politics
nikki haley and ron desantis, both are holding microphones and pointing at desantis

Meg Kinnard/AP // Scott Olson/Getty Images

Ukraine is betting big on a bloody battle for a ruined town, but the gamble could break its ability to drive Russia back

Tech Insider
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a cannon.
Ukrainian servicemen fire an artillery called 2S7 Pion howitzer cannon aiming to Russian positions in the frontline nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine .

Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Russia can't match the US military's hardware, but it has other ways to keep it from working properly

Tech Insider
Russia Vladimir Putin Joe Biden videoconference
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a videoconference with President Joe Biden in December 2021.

Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

300,000 new troops couldn't get Russia's big offensive to work, and sending more to the front probably won't help, war experts say

Tech Insider
Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer cannon aimed at Russian positions on the front line nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 17, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer cannon aimed at Russian positions on the front line nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 17, 2023.

Photo by Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Subscribe to Russia