The U.S. State Department has announced new sanctions on Russian state media, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand in hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles,

US hits Russian state media with sanctions for raising money through crowdfunding to equip soldiers fighting in Ukraine

RT has also created websites posing as legitimate news sites to spread disinformation and propaganda in Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere, officials said.

Moscow expelled six British diplomats Friday for suspected espionage and "threatening Russia's security", according to Russian media reports.

Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work, signalling the Kremlin's anger at what it sees as London's vital role in helping Ukraine.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the expulsion of six British diplomats from Moscow, accusing them of espionage and subversive activities. The FSB claims to have documents suggesting that the British Foreign Office department responsible for Eastern Europe and Central Asia was involved in efforts to ensure Russia's strategic defeat in the ongoing war against Ukraine.

Kyiv and Moscow have frequently exchanged prisoners since Russia's invasion in February 2022, and Saturday's swap was the third since Ukraine began a cross-border incursion into R

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 206 prisoners of war in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Russia's ministry of defence said its 103 released servicemen released came from among those captured during the Kursk incursion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Russia were released in an exchange with the Russian military.