Russia, Putin and Ukraine

Putin signs law allowing some Russian recruits to write off bad debts worth up to almost $100K as combat losses mount in Ukraine
The new law, which also extends to the spouses of recruits, comes amid mounting Russian combat losses in Ukraine. Respondi
Putin signs law forgiving debt arrears for new Russian recruits for Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Saturday on debt forgiveness for new army recruits signing up to fight in Ukraine, a Russian government website showed.
Moscow offers debt forgiveness to new recruits and AP sees wreckage of a new Russian missile
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine
Putin signs law letting Ukraine fighters write off bad debts
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a law that allows those who sign up to fight in Ukraine to write off unpaid debts worth almost $100,000, the government announced.
Desperate Putin offers to wipe out up to $96,000 debt if Russians enlist in Ukraine war
It marks the latest incentive offered by Russia as it tries to lure in new recruits in its long, drawn-out war with Ukraine.
Putin offers debt relief to boost military ranks in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing for the forgiveness of loans up to 10 million rubles ($96,000) for those fighting in Ukraine and their spouses. This move is another step by Russia to encourage volunteers to join the military.
Putin signs law to write off loans for Russians joining war against Ukraine
On Nov. 19, Russia’s State Duma passed a bill in its second and third readings, applying to mobilized troops, conscripts, and contract soldiers signing terms of more than a year starting Dec. 1, 2024.
Russia launches 'intercontinental ballistic missile' for first time in Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war, says Kyiv
The escalatory attack comes after Ukraine reportedly used US and UK long range missiles to strike targets inside Russia ...
What Putin plans next for Ukraine, nuclear threats explained
Putin's goals in Ukraine remain the same: weakening Ukraine's ties to NATO, hindering Ukrainian nationalism and territorial ...
From a call with Putin to an experimental strike, a dramatic week transforms the war in Ukraine
It began with a peace move nobody wanted and ended with an experimental missile strike so rare in war Moscow gave a 30-minute ...
As Ukraine Fires U.S. Missiles, Putin Sends a Chilling Message
Putin seems to be winning. Russian forces are pushing ahead in Ukraine. President-elect Donald J. Trump is returning to the ...
Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new missile that he claims the West can't stop
The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to Kyiv's use this week of ...
Putin claims new missile used in Ukraine is 'incapable' of being intercepted
The Kremlin said Friday that its attack using a new ballistic missile was a warning to Ukraine's "reckless" Western allies.
Putin says Russia launched a new missile in Ukraine. Here’s what we know
Russia launched a new non-nuclear ballistic missile with medium range on Ukraine’s Dnipro region on Thursday, Russia’s ...
Russia fired new ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to the ...
Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new missile and threatens Western countries arming Ukraine
U.S. officials told NBC News that the weapon fired by Moscow at the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro was an experimental ...
Putin: Russia tested new hypersonic missile in Ukraine strike
Vladimir Putin has tested a new hypersonic missile by firing it at Ukraine as he identified Britain as a legitimate target ...
US briefed Ukraine ahead of Putin's 'experimental Intermediate-range ballistic' attack
U.S. alerted Ukraine and other allies and partners ahead of Russia's attack on Dnipro, where it used medium-range Oreshnik ...