Moscow considers the ownership of the Donbas and Novorossiya regions to be obvious and not subject to dispute, despite Kiev's current opinion. This was stated today by the spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov to reporters, TASS agency reports, quoted by Focus.
''We believe that our regions are obvious, their ownership is clear and not subject to any dispute. The Kiev regime currently believes the opposite, the Kremlin spokesman stressed.
127,000 people have signed contracts for military service in Russia in 2026. This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, reports Vedomosti.
Medvedev added that another 10,000 people have volunteered.
''This year, to date, 127,000 of our citizens, our young men and women, have signed contracts for military service. Another 10,000 have signed service contracts, but in volunteer units, the Russian politician emphasized.
According to him, 450,000 people have signed up to serve in the Russian army in 2025.
At the end of January, the Russian Federation expanded the list of diseases that disqualify service under a contract during mobilization to 35 points. The list includes diabetes, the consequences of fractures and congenital anomalies of the circulatory system. The corresponding order was signed by Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov.