Military and diplomatic pressures mount on Russian President Putin

Putin vowed to press attack on Ukraine despite the military setbacks but also faced concerns by India and China over the drawn-out conflict

Putin orders Russian military to beef up forces by 137,000

The presidential decree will boost the overall number of Russian military personnel to 2,039,758, including 1,150,628 troops

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been invited

Indians acted very clearly on inviolable principle of state sovereignty, says US spokesperson

Putin is seeking to bolster ties with Tehran, a fellow target of severe U.S. sanctions and a potential military and trade partner

The leaders paid 'special attention to further development of mutually beneficial ties in the economic sphere'

Instead of a tiny virus, we have a Russian strongman who wants to show pretenders who’s the 'asli duniya ka boss'!

Russia may be seeking to overthrow Ukraine’s government, which U.S. officials have described as Putin’s ultimate objective

The comments seemed designed to send a message to the world about Putin’s own position and offered some hope that war could be averted

Putin said the Western allies’ refusal to meet Russia’s demands violates their obligations on the integrity of security for all nations