The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

As the war enters its 584th day, these are the main developments.

Discussion with Andrei Troshev shows Moscow’s efforts to demonstrate its control over mercenary group

The Kremlin said Monday that the future of its peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh would be determined by Russia and Azerbaijan, which last week took control of the territory from Armenian separatists.

Moscow’s Ministry of Defence reports downing more than a dozen Ukrainian drones in latest attacks on Russian territory.

At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a “glass half full” attitude when he said that “every metre that Ukrainian forces regain is a metre that Russia loses”.

As Slovakia heads toward parliamentary elections on Saturday, the country has been flooded with disinformation, ranging from pro-Russian propaganda, lies about the situation in Ukraine and the spread of anti-migrant hate speech.

Russia is on a mission to grab a seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council - and to add insult to injury it’s using crops plundered from its illegal war to curry favour with potential backers, writes Arpan Rai

‘The West is reliable, Russia is equally reliable,’ the Turkish president recently said, reflecting his balancing act.

Russian cinemas are reportedly selling tickets to Russian-made shorts while showing Barbie as the preview

Comment from Ukraine’s president comes after Jens Stoltenberg’s trip to Kyiv

‘Pathetic remnants’ of Wagner group scattered in different places in Ukraine, says eastern military spokesperson