Russian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the de facto and de jure official language of the former Soviet Union. Russian has remained an official language of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Israel.
Western technology has been found in Russian drones used to attack Ukraine, fuelling calls from Kyiv to tighten sanctions and..
Russian glide bombs, drones and a ballistic missile smashed into several cities across southern and eastern Ukraine on Monday.
At least eight people were injured in Zaporizhzhia, and Ukrainian air defences battled additional missiles and drones over Kyiv for..
Microchips, semiconductors and other microelectronics from China, the US and the EU are still being found in Russian drones and..
