The Latest Breaking News from Russia

As the war enters its 493rd day, these are the main developments.

'It was unfortunate someone let their passion get carried away'.

Ukraine’s counteroffensive hobbled by a lack of firepower, says military chief; Belarus president says Russian nuclear weapons in his country will not be used

The Russian president assassination attempt reportedly involved laying explosives laid on a river bed below a bridge that Putin's motorcade would have travelled over

The United Nations has voted to end its decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali... The UN Security Council's decision comes two weeks after Mali's military leadership accused the 13-thousand strong Minusma force of failing to tackle a jihadist insurgency. In August last year, France withdrew its troops from Mali... that reopened…

A mutiny launched by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin fizzled out in 24 hours but the aftershocks will continue to be felt for months – and beyond

A Russian court has extended the pretrial detention of a theater director and a playwright on charges of justifying terrorism

Primary school teacher among those killed in attack in Donetsk region, authorities say

Riots in France, the Wagner mutiny in Russia, the missile attack in Kramatorsk, Eid Al-Adha in Indonesia and Elton John at Glastonbury: the most striking images this week

Kyiv claims remaining staff have been told to blame Ukraine for any emergency – having accused Russia of planning a ‘terrorist’ attack at the plant

Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate warns that staff are leaving Zaporizhzhia as Moscow has mined power units; Pope Francis calls for peace