It has been more than 1,000 days since Russia first attacked Ukraine. NBC News' Keir Simmons travels to Russia to speak to some citizens about how they feel two years later.

Contributing factors to inflation include increased military production, labor shortages, and a weakening ruble.

Russia’s central bank has left its benchmark interest rate at a record 21%, holding off on further increases despite high consumer inflation fueled by the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.

The Russian embassy in London on Saturday described Britain's planned transfer to Ukraine of more than 2 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) backed by frozen Russian assets as a "fraudulent scheme".

Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

Far from their homes in one of the world’s most isolated and secretive states, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers find themselves at the center of Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

Six people, including one child, were killed on Friday in a Ukrainian missile attack on the town of Rylsk in Russia's Kursk region, the acting governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said.

Russian authorities say six people have been killed including a child, in a Ukrainian strike in Russia's Kursk region. The region's acting governor added that 10 people were taken to hospital following the attack on the town of Rylsk.

Russia unleashed a barrage of ballistic missiles on Kyiv early Friday, killing at least one person and injuring 12, city officials said.

Reclaiming Kursk is high on Moscow's agenda but comments by Valery Gerasimov failed to address the continuing presence of Ukrainian troops on Russian soil.