Top News 2025 Russia News. Russia claimed its forces have taken control of the city of toretsk in donetsk, eastern ukraine; In the past month, russia captured 199 square miles of ukrainian territory, which constitutes an area roughly equivalent to 9 manhattan islands, according to the jan.

In 2024, the authorities had pressed new criminal charges against at least 78 people at time of writing for “discrediting” russia’s military or disseminating “fake news,” and 130 people. The latest planned increase in spending will take russia’s defence budget to 13.5 trillion rubles ($145 billion) in 2025, a document published on the parliamentary website showed, up from.