Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's bank account has been frozen due to incoming payments from Russia. The account, held at Sparkasse Bank, no longer receives payments from Russian entities, according to BILD.

Schröder reportedly finds himself almost half a million euros short, funds which he receives in his capacity as a representative and chairman of the supervisory board for the Nord Stream 2 project. The company typically transfers around 200,000 euros every six months, routing the …

Russia has amassed around 50,000 troops near the border with the Kharkiv region. As reported by Sky News, this build-up comes after Russian forces pushed Ukraine's Defense Forces out of the Kursk region. Analysts have long speculated on a Russian offensive along the entire front line, although it has yet to fully materialize. It's believed that Russia has a "four-month window" to breach Ukrainian defenses before weather changes and diminishing Soviet-era tank supplies start to impact their …

Russian President Vladimir Putin was aboard a helicopter caught in the "epicenter" of efforts to repel a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack during his visit to the Kursk region on May 20, reported Russian air defense division commander Yuri Dashkin.

According to Dashkin, the president's helicopter was "literally at the epicenter of countering a massive enemy drone attack." He stated, "The intensity of the attack increased significantly as the helicopter of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief flew …