Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Ukrainian troops remaining in the Kursk region of Russia will be ruthlessly destroyed if they continue to fight. Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier responded to U.

Russia has warned that Ukrainian troops in Kursk must surrender or face destruction. Putin acknowledged Trump’s plea to spare their lives but insists Kyiv must order them to lay down arms. Ukraine denies the encirclement but admits the situation is difficult.

A Russian service member walks past destroyed buildings in the town of Sudzha, which was recently retaken by Russia's armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia,

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday threatened to go to war against NATO if European countries stick to their plans to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer "are playing dumb,

The Kremlin is warning of full-scale war if Britain and France put troops on the ground in Ukraine as peacekeepers. Moves by Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron for a force numbering tens of thousands from "coalition of the willing" including NATO states is unacceptable to Vladimir Putin,

Russia has sharply escalated its rhetoric against the West’s growing interest in deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, warning that any such presence would be treated as direct involvement in the conflict — with what it ominously called “all the consequences” for participating countries.