MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday told his army to press on with a campaign to take full control of the Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine after a Russian commander said Moscow's forces were 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) from its biggest city.

According to the independent Russian media outlet Vertska, Russian veterans returning from the frontlines in Ukraine have killed approximately 550 civilians and injured 465. The Russian media outlet also found that over half of the incidents were caused by former prisoners who went to fight in Ukraine with the promise of freedom.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin was pictured at a command post wearing military gear as he vowed to continue the war in Ukraine unless Volodymyr Zelensky surrendered to his demands

January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

The war in Ukraine has entered another dramatic chapter.Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on what Moscow calls major battlefield gains, as Russian forces reportedly raised the national flag over two strategically important towns — Dimitrov (Myrnohrad) in Donetsk and Gulyaipole in Zaporizhzhia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the Kremlin is prepared to use “military means” to achieve its goals in Ukraine if diplomatic efforts with the West fail to satisfy Moscow’s

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow’s troops are advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin’s military goals will be achieved

President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn’t agree to Russia’s conditions in peace talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday boasted of Russian military advances in Ukraine and ruled out any compromises with Kyiv ahead of meetings with U.S. officials in Miami this weekend aimed

Russian officials say that a Ukrainian attack killed 24 people in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine's Kherson region, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailin