The nation's security service says there is a "tangible risk" of the security situation deteriorating further.
Russia's budget deficit widened to 1.3% of gross domestic product in February, or 2.70 trillion roubles ($31.45 billion), the finance ministry said on Tuesday, as government spending remained elevated.
Russia said dozens of drones were launched at Moscow on Tuesday in what it said were “enemy” attacks, using its preferred euphemism for Ukraine, hours ahead of critical talks between US and Ukrainian officials.
Senior Ukrainian official Andriy Yermak said Tuesday that talks between the United States and Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have “started very constructively.”
A top Ukrainian official said his country was "ready to go" and determined to reach a peace deal with Russia as U.S.-Ukraine talks kicked off in Jeddah.
Ukraine launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow, killing at least two workers at a meat warehouse, injuring 18 others and causing a short shutdown at the Russian capital's four airports, Russian officials said.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 343 Ukrainian drones overnight, in what appeared to be Kyiv's largest ever cross-border aerial attack.