The Latest Breaking News from Russia Defense Ministry

Russia says air defenses have intercepted and destroyed 158 drones including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region

Ukraine says it has struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow has claimed further gains, have left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded

President Vladimir Putin threatened further missile attacks on Ukraine after Russia hit Kyiv and other cities in the most intense barrage of strikes since the first days of its invasion, marking a dangerous new escalation in the war.

Russia pulled troops out Saturday from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, which it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following Russia’s withdrawal — most of them fatally shot, police said Friday, an indication that many people were “simply executed.” The jarring number emerged shortly after Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to step up…

Russia's Defense Ministry said "ammunition detonated as a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser."

Ukrainian authorities have accused departing Russian forces of committing war crimes and leaving behind a “scene from a horror movie” on the outskirts of Kyiv.