For several days, the eyes of the world have been on Russia, which on Thursday attacked the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new medium-range missile, the Oreshnik. An expert from the German daily "Bild" comments on Vladimir Putin's address,

Julian Röpcke, an open-source intelligence analyst for Bild, pointed out that Putin's hands remained motionless throughout the entire 7-minute, 45-second video. According to Röpcke, Putin's hands appeared “glued to the table,

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Saturday on debt forgiveness for new army recruits signing up to fight in Ukraine, a Russian government website showed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a law that allows those who sign up to fight in Ukraine to write off unpaid debts worth almost $100,000, the government announced.

Vladimir Putin has signed a law permitting the forgiveness of loans for those involved in military action in Ukraine and their spouses, up to 10 million roubles (76,500 pounds). This is another move by Russia to motivate individuals to enlist in the military.