Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.
Lawmakers in both houses of the Russian parliament, the State Duma and Federation Council, had already approved the plans in the past 10 days.
Their visit comes as doubts are deepening over what Kyiv can expect from a new U.S. administration led by Donald Trump.
Moscow sent 78 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian officials said.
In Russia, a child was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, according to regional Gov.
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