The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

The leaders of Germany, France and Italy, all criticised in the past by Kyiv for support viewed as too cautious, visited Ukraine on Thursday and offered the hope of EU membership to a country pleading for weapons to fend off Russia's invasion.

More than 500 civilians, including 40 children, are stranded at the Azot chemical plant. Severodonetsk has for weeks been the main focal point of the war between Russia and Ukraine

Russia expressed "serious concern" on Wednesday to Israel's ambassador about air strikes that shut down Syria's Damascus International Airport last week, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Russian leader was seen gripping a table so hard his veins bulged during a meeting with CEO of RusNano State Corporation Sergey Kulikov in Moscow

Russia said on Wednesday it has offered "safe passage" for Ukraine grain shipments from the country's Black Sea ports, but is not responsible for establishing the corridors, as Turkey suggested that ships could be guided around sea mines. Ukrainian grain shipments have stalled since Russia's invasion and ports blockade, stoking…

Fears grow over the hundreds of civilians believed to be sheltering in the city’s Azot chemical plant

The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help Russians sidestep censors and access Western media, according to five people familiar with the situation.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been calling for their region to receive the biggest build-up of combat-ready NATO forces in Europe since the end of the Cold War, to be agreed at a summit on June 28-30 in Madrid.

First 15 branches of Vkusno i Tochka open in Moscow, without McNuggets or McFlurrys, after American fast-food giant boycotts country over war in Ukraine

There have been suggestions a prisoner swap could be negotiated

President Emmanuel Macron voiced a tougher line on Russia on Wednesday after visiting French and allied troops at a NATO base in Romania, seeking to assuage concerns in Ukraine and among some European allies over his previous stance towards Moscow.