The Latest Breaking News from Dmitry Peskov

President’s request includes over $20bn in military aid, $8.5bn in economic aid to Kyiv and $3bn in humanitarian relief

’Either we lose in Ukraine or the Third World War starts’, says top Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan

Western officials said Vladimir Putin's invading forces were reluctant to go into action as the rain pours down on the battlefield

Russia has been accused of “blackmailing” Europe after cutting off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Moscow was still waiting for Ukraine's response to Russia's latest written proposal in peace talks between the two sides, and questioned why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was unaware of the document.

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia tightened its grip Wednesday around Ukraine’s last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, holed up in underground shelters beneath a massive steel plant, pleaded for international help, declaring that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

A few dozen civilians have managed to leave the important Ukrainian port of Mariupol, escaping the fiercest battle of the nearly eight-week-long war.