The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

Russia’s defence minister says mobilisation of 300,000 reservists finished and ‘no further measures are planned’; Antonio Guterres calls for west to help remove blocks to Russian grain exports

Russian forces in occupied Kherson are stealing medical equipment and ambulances in a bid to make the area uninhabitable, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

Ukrainian forces have made significant gains in recent weeks, recapturing wide swaths of territory in the east and northeast. Now they're bracing for what may be one of their toughest battles yet.

With Vladimir Putin's forces in trouble in Ukraine, the Kremlin's ability to exert influence over post-Soviet states is being put to the test, driving some allies to seek other powerful relationships in Central Asia.

Ukrainian troops are expected to make a bid for Kherson, one of four partially occupied provinces Russia annexed.

Ukrainian authorities have announced further rolling blackouts in and around the country’s largest cities amid ongoing Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure

Moscow and Tehran have continued to deny claims that Iran has supplied a number of kamikaze Shahed-136 drones to Russia to help them "kill Ukrainian civilians" and destroy infrastructure

Ukraine’s presidential office says at least four civilians have been killed and 10 others wounded by the latest Russian attacks

Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar on Wednesday registered his protests against a Russian official's anti-Semitic remarks.

The Moscow-installed head of the Crimea region said on Friday that the evacuation of civilians from occupied Kherson has been "completed". The head of Moscow-annexed Crimea has said evacuations from occupied Kherson organized by Russia's forces amid a Ukrainian counter-offensive were "completed", after he visited the region with the Kremlin's…

Russia has carried out nearly 4,500 missile strikes and over 8,000 air raids since February, the president said in his nighttime address