Tatarstan is a multiethnic Russian republic which is home to a significant Muslim minority. Between October 22 and October 24, its capital, Kazan hosted the summit of BRICS countries which include Brazil, India, China and South Africa, and is considered by Russia to be the Global South's alternative to the G7.

Drone force commander Sukharevskyi did not offer any further details about the laser. However, experts told CNN the existence of the Tryzub was “feasible.”

Ukraine said on Friday that Colonel General Alexei Kim, a deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, ordered a missile strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine in August that killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and wounded two of the agency's journalists.

US president-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s president Xi Jinping to his inauguration on January 20 in a surprise move which appears to be part of a plan to involve Beijing in ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine.

The EU included Chinese firms in its latest round of sanctions, citing exports of dual-use goods, including components used to produce Russian drones.

China's selective restrictions on key drone components limit Ukraine's drone production capacity while strengthening Russia's. This commentary examines how the United States can strengthen Ukraine's domestic drone production during and after potential negotiations.

US president-elect Donald Trump has suggested that China could play a key role in brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine, in comments that referenced the dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's 50-year regime in Syria on Sunday.

China’s escalating conflict with the US over trade is now extending to the drones that have become a vital part of Ukraine’s defense.

European Union leaders are set to avoid directly calling out China for its support of Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to a draft statement they plan to adopt at a summit in Brussels this week.

The restrictions by China form part of a wider export ban on drone components that could be announced in January, according to Bloomberg.

The Russian leader said that, if he could do it over, he'd have launched his invasion even earlier than February 2022.