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A key Vladimir Putin ally and head of the bloodthirsty Wagner Group has raised a Russian flag over a shelled-out administrative building in Bakhmut despite Ukrainian forces still controlling large parts of the city

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The U.S. secretary of state asks his Russian counterpart to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, who are being held on espionage charges.

Russian officials said Vladlen Tatarsky was killed at a cafe in St. Petersburg. He was a well-known military blogger and strident supporter of the war in Ukraine. Some 30 people were wounded.

An explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia, has killed Vladlen Tatarsky, a military blogger.

Russian news agency reports Vladlen Tatarsky died in blast that also injured at least 16 people

Russian Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was killed in an explosion in St Petersburg earlier today amid reports a bomb was hidden in a gift he received moments before

Signed by 38 senior news figures from around the world, the letter criticises the Kremlin’s ‘anti-press’ detention of Evan Gershkovich

A Russian missile attack on Sunday killed at least six people in residential areas of the city of Kostyantynivka near Bakhmut, Ukrainian authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack targeted areas where "ordinary civilians" were living. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are…

The ex-Soviet allies have grown closer and Lukashenko’s dalliances with the West appear to be over, say analysts.

The Kremlin said it planned to ‘exercise all its rights’ in the role amid anger from Kyiv and allies.