The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?

Vladimir Putin has placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’, prompting fears over what could happen next

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Blinken says Russia "failing" in war aims and Ukraine "succeeding"

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said after their Kyiv visit Ukraine could win the war "if they have the right equipment."

Axios · Apr 25, 2022

The battle for Donbas: ‘the real test of this war’

Russian forces have shifted their attention to the east of Ukraine with many predicting a brutal and bloody onslaught

Financial Times · Apr 25, 2022

Destruction, desolation and retreat: Ukraine’s defiance against Russia will shape modern history forever

Special Report: The final outcome is yet to be played out but two months after the invasion began, the magnitude of the war is clear, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Russia's Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter mass in Moscow

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday attended an Easter mass conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church, which has strongly backed the Kremlin leader's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

Reuters · Apr 23, 2022

Ukraine fends off Russian attacks as Mariupol, Odesa take pounding. Top US officials to arrive

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where Ukraine said it beat back numerous attacks but faced renewed shelling in the crippled city of Mariupol, the Black Sea port of Odesa and beyond.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 23, 2022

Why is Belarus supporting Russia and how is it involved in Ukraine?

Old school Soviet relic Alexander Lukashenko increasingly dependent on Vladimir Putin’s patronage for survival as grip on power slips and economy teeters on brink of disaster

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Zelenskiy’s economic guru: ‘Germany can survive without Russian oil: I wouldn’t want my country facing the shame’

Exclusive President Zelenskiy’s economic adviser, Oleg Ustenko, tells of his fury at how Europe’s refusal to act is piling more misery on Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2022

Ukraine largely fends off Russian attacks in the east, says Mariupol remains contested

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where the Ukrainian military said its forces had beaten back more than half a dozen separate attacks. But punishing shellfire forced defenders to regroup in some areas.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 23, 2022

Sanctions Hit Russian Economy, Although Putin Says Otherwise

Nearly two months into the Russian-Ukraine war, the Kremlin has taken extraordinary steps to blunt an economic counteroffensive from the West. While Russia can claim some symbolic victories, the full impact of Western sanctions is starting to be felt in very real ways. As the West moved to cut off…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 23, 2022