A former senior Russian Defence Ministry official from North Ossetia has been detained in a corruption case, with investigators alleging embezzlement of budget funds through a structure he supposedly created.

The Russian Defence Ministry claims its air defences destroyed 97 “Ukrainian drones”, including 40 over occupied Crimea and 10 over the Black Sea.

Russian Defence Ministry claims over 50 drones were downed over occupied Crimea.

Georgia's Imedi TV reportedly switched its website security to a firm also utilized by the Russian Defence Ministry and Hamas, coinciding with UK sanctions against the media outlet.

The Russian Defence Ministry published a video last week purporting to show a dual Hungarian-Ukrainian citizen captured as a prisoner of war, alleging he had been forced to enlist in the Ukrainian…

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has instructed the FSB to strengthen protection for senior officials of Russia's Ministry of Defence, the defense-industrial base, and representatives of state and municipal authorities.