The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Al Jazeera’s Defence Editor Alex Gatopoulos on what lies ahead.

Recent allegations by the U.S. ambassador to South Africa that the African nation gave ammunition and weapons to Russia in December 2022, amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, illustrate the complexity of U.S.-Africa relations.

Ukraine’s offensive is in full swing – at least diplomatically. President Volodymyr Zelensky has been touring capitals and summits over the past several weeks, trying to keep Ukraine on top of the international agenda while securing military, economic and political support for the war that was forced upon his country…

Dozens of ships are unable to reach Ukraine, days after a Black Sea grain deal was extended and the pace of shipments is unlikely to pick up because of slow inspections and other uncertainties, according to data and three sources.

Ukraine secured the release of 106 captured soldiers in a prisoner exchange with Russia on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said.

Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said it had summoned the ambassadors of Germany, Sweden and Denmark to protest over what it said was the "complete lack of results" in an investigation to identify who blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that while foreign and defence policies don’t win general elections — most party manifestos bury them in the weeds of the footnotes — they can easily lose them.

A Swedish appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that a former security services and armed forces employee had spied for Russia over the past decade.

Russia and Belarus have signed a deal formalizing the procedure for deploying Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus

Countries signed pact that provides for Moscow to deploy weapons in Belarus

Russia has been jolted by one of the most daring incursions, allegedly carried out by groups including its nationals.