Donald Trump reveals that Vladimir Putin called him today to wish him a 'happy birthday' while the two also discussed tensions between Israel and Iran

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin, in separate telephone conversations on Friday, told Iran's president that Moscow condemned Israel's actions against Tehran and told Israel's prime minister that questions around Iran's nuclear programme could only be solved through diplomacy.

Smirnova, the director of the Narva museum that is housed in the fortress, has defiantly hung from the battlements a large banner of Putin’s face, with the words “war criminal” below it. In January this year a court in Moscow issued an arrest warrant for Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova on the charge of spreading false information.

Negotiations between Trump and Putin raise many questions. However, the Kremlin still has no intention of ending the war, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a conversation with journalists on June 13.

Israel's attack on Iran and the U.S.'s rejection of tougher oil sanctions could boost Russia's revenues from its key export.

Ukrainian forces were gradually pushing Russian forces out of the border Sumy region, where Moscow was able to establish a foothold in recent weeks, president Volodymyr Zelensky said.“Our units in Sumy region are gradually pushing back the occupiers,

War footage captured the second the £15 million attack jet crashed after flying in a pair over Ukraine ’s Donetsk region. The pilot miraculously cheated death by ejecting before his aircraft fell to the ground. His doomed warplane is seen banking sharply before falling out of the sky and crash diving into a field.

With Ukrainian officials estimating that Russian casualties have surpassed the grim milestone of one million, Vladimir Putin is reportedly sending wounded soldiers back into combat to make up for a severe shortage of troops.