By holding nuclear drills and boasting about the successful test of a pioneering nuclear-powered cruise missile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a message to President Donald Trump: Moscow wouldn’t be cowed into concessions on Ukraine.

Russia’s waging the world’s first war aimed at obliterating internet use in the target country, but Ukraine’s resistance is winning, says a top scholar on the conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia that he expected the war in Ukraine to end within a year.

In previous sieges during the almost four years since Russia launched its all-out invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine has pulled out of some places to avoid losing troops. Ukrainian forces are desperately short-handed against Russia’s bigger army.

Putin tests nuclear submarine torpedo capable of causing ‘radioactive tsunami’ - News of the test comes days after Trump warned that the US has a nuclear submarine off Russian shores

Russian President Vladimir Putin is now believed to be more dug in than ever, according to a recent intelligence assessment.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, declaring that the new weapon can’t be intercepted.

The two leaders planned to meet in Budapest was earlier put on hold after Moscow stuck to several demands, including that Ukraine must give more territory as a condition for a ceasefire.

Trump also announced this week that he has directed the Department of War to “immediately” restart nuclear testing “on an equal basis” with other nations. The last confirmed U.S. conducted nuclear test was in 1992, and then later that year, former President George H.W. Bush announced a moratorium on underground nuclear testing.