The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that the European Union's sanctions on Russian oil would hit the global energy market, but said Moscow could re-route exports to limit its own losses. EU leaders this week agreed an embargo on Russian crude oil imports that aims to halt 90% of Russia's oil…

In 1918, Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky told Western creditors aghast at the Bolsheviks' repudiation of Russia's external debt: "Gentlemen, you were warned."

Moscow warns weapon supply to Ukraine from US will increase risk of direct confrontation

A regional governor in southern Ukraine says Russian troops are retreating and blowing up bridges to obstruct a possible Ukrainian advance

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 98th day, we take a look at the main developments.

China has barred Russia’s airlines from flying foreign-owned jetliners into its airspace, the Russian news outlet RBK reported, after President Vladimir Putin threw the aircrafts' ownership into doubt by allowing them to be re-registered in Russia to avoid seizure under sanctions over Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. The European Union, home…

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

China’s support for Russia through oil and gas purchases is irking Washington and raising the risk of U.S. retaliation

Vladimir Putin appointed General Aleksandr Dvornikov in April in an effort to rejuvenate his faltering forces before the focus shifted to Donbas - but US officials believe he may have sacked him already

The Ukrainian army is determined to slow down Russia's steady advance in the country’s eastern Donbas region as Moscow concentrates its efforts on encircling the area. Reporting from the northwestern frontline in the Donbas, FRANCE 24's Jonathan Walsh and Amar al Hameedawi followed the Karpatska Sich battalion as they fight…

President Joe Biden has said the United States will send more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, as Russian troops press their ferocious bid to complete the capture of a key eastern city. The battle for Severodonetsk has grown in intensity in recent days, with heavy casualties on both the Ukrainian…