Moscow may have in development three scenarios of interaction with the United States in the context of the Ukrainian conflict — depending on the actions of the head of the White House Donald Trump.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday predicted the Russian economy would withstand the European Union's latest sanctions package and said Moscow would intensify its strikes against Ukraine.

The European Union and Britain are ramping up pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine. The EU has introduced new sanctions to deprive Moscow of energy revenue through a lower oil price cap and a ban on transactions with Nord Stream gas pipelines.

"The suitcase was found to contain an American Colt Commander, .45 caliber with three empty magazines," Russian officials said.

The plane of Pobeda Airlines, which took off from Sheremetyevo to Kaliningrad, was forced to return to the airport. This was reported in the press service of the airline.

Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces downed at least 143 Ukrainian drones from Wednesday into Thursday, with at least three craft intercepted over Moscow region.

Drones attacked nine Russian regions on the night of 17-18 July, including Moscow, Bryansk, Oryol and Nizhny Novgorod oblasts, with flight restrictions imposed at airports. Source: Astra and other Telegram channels;

Trump wanted to "make them feel the pain," as he put it on the July 4 call, the Financial Times reported, and force Russia into peace negotiations. Zelensky said Ukraine could hit the cities if the U.S. supplied the weapons, per the Post.

Workers at Moscow’s Stinker Station save a dozen people a month from losing thousands of dollars to scammers. It’s a rampant problem where scammers scare people into depositing money in cryptocurrency kiosks to avoid jail or fines.

The City of Moscow said it will create a dedicated website for certain investigative reports from the Bryan Kohberger case once legally permitted.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on July 18 signed an order withdrawing Moscow from a military technical cooperation agreement with Germany amid strained relations between the two countries.