Smolensk is among the oldest historic sites in Russia. First mentioned in medieval chronicles under the year 862, the early settlement was a center of the Krivichi, an eastern Slavic tribe.

Two people were injured as a drone hit a residential building in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyev said ...

The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, to prosecute prominent members of Nazi Germany for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ...

Ukraine and Russia said Thursday they each repelled large-scale drone attacks overnight, with Ukraine reporting the downing ...

Russian air defences destroyed 81 Ukrainian drones at night, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement.

Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz said there were no injuries or damage after 19 fixed-wing UAVs were destroyed over the bordering Russian region ...

Russian forces launched 138 attack and imitation drones on Ukraine from Bryansk, Kursk, and Orel oblasts, as well as from the Shatalovo air base in Smolensk Oblast, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on ...

Belarus needs to bring cooperation with Smolensk Oblast to the highest level among Russian regions, Head of the Belarus President Administration Dmitry Krutoi said.

The operation was carried out in Russia's Smolensk Oblast, a western region bordering Belarus, to disrupt arms and equipment shipments to Russian forces stationed at Ukraine's northeastern border.

Bhopal and Russia’s Smolensk have formally become sister cities, opening the doors to deeper cooperation in education, culture and trade between the two historic urban centres. Bhopal Mayor ...

This month marks the 15th anniversary of the Smolensk crash which killed all 96 on board, including the President of Poland. ... Poland to Smolensk, Russia on April 10th, 2010.

The Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, the largest power generating plant in Russia’s northwest, was working normally on Wednesday morning, RIA state news agency reported, citing the plant’s press ...