For several days, the eyes of the world have been on Russia, which on Thursday attacked the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new medium-range missile, the Oreshnik. An expert from the German daily "Bild" comments on Vladimir Putin's address,

Julian Röpcke, an open-source intelligence analyst for Bild, pointed out that Putin's hands remained motionless throughout the entire 7-minute, 45-second video. According to Röpcke, Putin's hands appeared “glued to the table,

"As much as I would like to believe we can negotiate with a tyrant, I suspect we may be deceiving ourselves," Sen. Mike Rounds said. Rounds also said he wished the U.S. had sent more weapons to Kyiv.

Mike Rounds, the main ally of President-elect Donald Trump in the Senate, opposed negotiations on a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. He said that the Kremlin could not be trusted, reports Politico.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - 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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine

Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a law on Saturday, allowing men fighting in Ukraine and their wives to have outstanding loans forgiven up to the amount of 10 million rubles, reported the Reuters agency.