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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person, part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.