The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia values its close relations with Armenia and that the United States, which is set to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Armenia, had never played a stabilising role in the region.

Moscow accused Washington of playing a destabilizing role in the Southern Caucasus on Tuesday as Armenia and the United States prepared to sign a strategic partnership agreement. "The US has never played a particularly stabilizing role in the Southern Caucasus,

The growing discontent and war fatigue threatens to exasperate splits within the Kremlin, potentially throwing it into turmoil.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's aide Nikolai Patrushev warned in an interview published on Tuesday that Ukraine may "cease to exist" in 2025. Patrushev, who previously served as secretary of Russia's Security Council,

An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nikolai Patrushev, claimed that Ukraine will cease to exist. In his opinion, this will happen in 2025, according to the Russian outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda.