The Latest Breaking News from Dmitry Medvedev

The deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council said Western military aid would not stop Moscow’s victory in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has raided museums and rusting storage depots to send Joseph Stalin’s old T-54s and T-55s to fight another day and videos show the rejuvenated Soviet tanks crossing territory

So the Ukrainian counteroffensive is well and truly underway, even if progress is measured in metres rather than the rapid advances that characterised Ukraine’s highly successful push last autumn. Volodymyr Zelensky himself has confirmed this, saying progress has been “slower than desired” and noting that the Russian invaders have mined…

In what is more than likely to turn out to be an attempt at escalation in the confrontation between Nato and Russia over the war in Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued recently on his Telegram channel that Russia should have the right to attack submarine data cables.

Vladimir Putin has marked Russia's national day by appealing to Russians' patriotic pride, saying it is a "difficult time" for the country.

Threats emanating from Russia have escalated in recent months, with the former prime minister and president Dmitry Medvedev leading the charge.

Outlandish threats to bomb the German parliament, kill British politicians and bring about ‘nuclear apocalypse’ seem to be keeping Putin happy – but is anyone outside Russia actually listening? Arpan Rai reports

Silence proves worse than the noise of battle for Russian morale as Ukraine appears to attack Russia.

Putin appears to play down incident despite calls to declare state of war and ‘mobilise the whole of society’