SEOUL, South Korea — Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country’s ally for talks on further solidifying their booming military and other cooperation.

A Ukrainian drone attack on a beach in the Russian city of Kursk killed three people, including a Russian serviceman engaged in rescue operations, and injured seven, the acting governor of the region that borders Ukraine said early on Wednesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with North Korean officials in Wonsan, North Korea, to discuss strategic cooperation, including military support for Russia's actions in Ukraine. The countries plan to enhance their alliance via a defense pact,

Russia’s Federal Security Service has opened a criminal case against two journalists who reported from Sudzha in August 2024 while the town was under Ukrainian occupation. Pyotr Ivanov and Ruslan Terekhov,

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian’s transport minister was found dead from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, investigators said Monday — news that broke hours after the Kremlin announced he had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin.

Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has emphasised the restoration of positions and regaining the territories in Russia's Kursk and Belgorod oblasts in order to restrain the Russians on the border with Ukraine.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, topping previous nightly barrages for the third time in two weeks, part of Moscow’s intensifying aerial and ground assault in the three-year war, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday.

A Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian beach in Kursk resulted in the death of a five-year-old boy from burns, escalating the death toll to four. The tragic incident highlights ongoing tensions and conflicts between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the region.

Russia has warned the US, South Korea and Japan against forming an alliance targetting North Korea amid rising military cooperation between Russia and Pyongyang.

Ukrainian forces staged a large incursion into Kursk region nearly a year ago. The Kremlin has said all Kyiv's forces have since been ejected from the region, but Ukrainian officials say their troops are still carrying out operations there.