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Russian media reports people remain trapped after explosion at Zagorsk optical-mechanical plant

At least two people have been killed and more injured after a Russian rocket attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, near Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Follow our live blog for the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris…

Moscow’s mayor says two ‘combat drones’ shot down in the Domodedovo and Minsk Highway areas while en route to Moscow.

Textbook written in just a few month seeks to justify war as Moscow tightens grip on historial narrative within Russia

Ukrainian special service says it has ‘blocked the illegal actions of Russian hackers who tried to penetrate military networks’

Textbook apparently written in just five months is part of Kremlin’s tightening of control over historical narrative in schools

Exclusive: Government to act imminently to close loophole allowing trade with Moscow after Olena Zelenska interview with Independent TV

Japan has expressed concerns over Iran’s advancing uranium enrichment program and its suspected supplying of combat drones to Moscow for Russia’s war on Ukraine

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has chided efforts by international officials meeting in Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful settlement for the Ukraine war

The involvement of China in talks aimed at securing a lasting peace in Ukraine have been hailed as a major diplomatic coup for hosts Saudi Arabia, and potentially significant in bringing Russia to the negotiating table.

Russia seeks to exploit situation as Kyiv’s counteroffensive concentrates on south and east of country