The chief of Russia's General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, has visited his troops fighting in Russia's Kursk region and awarded medals to some of them after Moscow's forces pushed Ukrainian troops back ...

Russia's defence minister Andrei Belousov was handing out medals to soldiers when he gave a stirring rallying message on the country's "confrontation with the West." ...

The Russian president also laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow alongside the country's Defence Minister Andrey Belousov.

Vladimir Putin met with Olga, the widow of Hero of Russia Sergei Chebnev. The President presented to her the Gold Star medal ...