The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the United States needed to formulate its policy on ending the conflict in Ukraine and that Moscow could then base its own position on specific U.S.

Russia appears to be "addicted" to military spending to keep its economy propped up, a think tank said this week.

President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that an attempt to freeze conflict will lead to Putin returning to Ukraine with 'aggression' after footage emerged showing Russian troops hobbling into battle on crutches.