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,

"As much as I would like to believe we can negotiate with a tyrant, I suspect we may be deceiving ourselves," Sen. Mike Rounds said. Rounds also said he wished the U.S. had sent more weapons to Kyiv.

Mike Rounds, the main ally of President-elect Donald Trump in the Senate, opposed negotiations on a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. He said that the Kremlin could not be trusted, reports Politico.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal.

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has signed laws banning the "propaganda" of childfree approach (refusal to have children) and prohibiting the adoption of children by citizens of countries where "sex reassignment" is allowed.