3+ min ago  (205+ words) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during which he informed the US side of the commencement of systematic strikes by the Russian armed forces against Ukraine's military facilities…...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago  (143+ words) Russia's strike in response to Ukraine's terrorist attack on Starobelsk that killed 21 students shatters the illusion that the regime still controls its airspace, military expert Alexander Mikhailov tells Sputnik. Russia deployed the nuclear-capable Oreshnik, Kinzhal and Zircon missiles, as well…...