Anti-Kremlin protesters set fire to voting booths and poured ink into ballot boxes as voting began in Russia’s presidential elections on Friday.
President Vladimir says he was informed of an idea to release his fiercest political foe, Alexei Navalny, from prison, days before the opposition leader's death. He says he agreed to the idea, but only on condition that Mr Navalny did not return to Russia.
At least 17 people were injured as debris from more than 30 intercepted missiles fell on Kyiv, officials say.
US pushes exporters to cut off clients who might sell weapons parts on to Russia; Zelenskiy insists Putin a threat to Nato countries. What we know on day 765See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading
The Russian Orthodox Church has approved a document that deems President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine a "Holy War."The declaration came during a congress of the World Russian People's Council in which religious, political and cultural figures in the country met at the site of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a focal point for the Orthodox faith in Russia.The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, also heads the council and is an ally of Putin. He has...
A three-storey building is badly damaged in the attack, as Russia steps up air strikes against Ukraine.
Whole of Ukraine on alert and Polish air force activated after blasts reported around in region of Lviv.
Russia considers itself at war because of the West’s involvement in Ukraine and cannot allow the existence on its borders of a state that has shown itself ready to use any method to take control of Crimea, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, in an interview given to the Russian publication Argumentî i Faktî. […]
The Kremlin is conceding for the first time that its invasion of Ukraine launched more than two years ago and which has generated hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides is, in fact, a “war.”
EU says 500,000 shells delivered, the rest by end of year; ‘billions’ to fix energy systems damaged by Russian attacks. What we know on day 762See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe Russian ambassador ignored a summons to appear at Poland’s foreign ministry on Monday after the Polish military said a missile launched at Ukraine violated Polish airspace. Poland would decide on next steps in coming days as it could not ignore such “a sign of contempt” from the ambassador, said Wladyslaw...
Russia has begun mass producing three-tonne high-explosive bombs for use in the war in Ukraine, its defence ministry has said.]]>
Outcry after Russian missile breaches Polish airspace; Ukraine grapples with attacks on gas and electricity networks. What we know on day 761See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine hit two Russian military ships stationed at the illegally occupied peninsula of Crimea, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday. The targets were the landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications centre and other Black Sea fleet infrastructure. “It was the most massive attack in recent times,” said the...