The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

It's becoming increasingly difficult for Russians to escape government scrutiny

Training Ukrainian pilots to fly US-built F-16 fighter jets does not make NATO "a party to the conflict", alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, although he added that it would send the message that NATO is "there for the long term”. Poland's defence minister said later in the day…

The Liberty of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps said to be involved in cross-border attacks in Belgorod.

Kyiv officials deny any link with the group and blame fighting on revolt by disgruntled Russians against the Kremlin

Attack comes as Kyiv and Moscow trade claims over fate of eastern Ukranian city of Bakhmut

A senior aide to Ukrainian President Zelensky says Kyiv has nothing to do with the incursion – putting it down to Russia’s ‘violent resistance movement’

Self-described partisans the Freedom of Russia Legion say they launched cross-border raid from Ukraine

We speak to a Ukrainian military expert, serviceman and analysts on what the possible capture of Bakhmut means.

Fighting has broken out on Russia’s border with Ukraine in an apparent incursion by partisan forces; Russian-imposed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says demining is being carried out in Bakhmut