U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would shorten the deadline he previously gave Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Earlier this month, Trump demanded that Moscow make peace with Kyiv by Sept.

Ukraine has relied on this innovative tactic to wreak havoc on Russia's Black Sea fleet, damaging or destroying a number of warships.

Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, says the Kremlin supports diplomacy in resolving the war. At the same time, Moscow complained that Ukraine had allegedly rejected the possibility of dialogue. Peskov was asked how relations between Russia and Ukraine will be built after the war is over.

Vladimir Putin is desperate for more manpower shore up his military campaign in Ukraine, according to a new report

"In the coming years, the Black Sea sailors will be further strengthened — with the arrival of new frigates, corvettes, aviation, marine robotic complexes," Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia's Maritime Collegium,

Vladimir Putin has lost four warplanes worth £37 million each despite stepping up their defences after Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb. A pair of Su-34 fighters were destroyed and two more ...

Military experts have long scrutinized Russia's naval capabilities, acknowledging its nuclear submarine deterrents as a clear strength, but noting that Putin's navy is primarily composed of older Soviet-era vessels that lack the capacity to project power globally in a large-scale conflict, reports the Express.

"Putin might use this perceived distraction as an opportunity to obtain further territory," a retired U.S. Colonel told Newsweek.