The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Wife of twice-poisoned Briton held in Kremlin prison fears ‘time is running out’

Exclusive: Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison in April this year for criticising the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Russia says it plans to send cosmonauts to the Moon next decade

Russia plans to send cosmonauts to land on the Moon next decade for the first time in its history and intends to build a moon base from 2031

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili: ‘We are on the West’s side’

Europe’s recommendation to grant Georgia candidate status for EU membership is “a very major step” that is goading the country’s political leaders to coalesce around a “new consensus” in favour of a European future, Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili told FRANCE 24.

France 24 · Nov 17, 2023

War ‘fatigue’: Is Europe tired of the conflict in Ukraine?

Are EU leaders tired of Russia’s war in Ukraine and ready to seek a way out? That was the message from Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, during a phone call in September with Russian comedians posing as an African Union official. Although Meloni’s office later said it regretted the PM’s…

France 24 · Nov 17, 2023

Ukrainian marines claim multiple bridgeheads across a key Russian strategic barrier

Ukraine’s marine corps says it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting it described as having caused thousands of Russian casualties and destroyed dozens of ammunition warehouses, armored vehicles and other weaponry

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war – live: Urgent plea for missile defences as Putin’s troops ‘knocked from positions’

‘More Patriots, more IRIS systems’ needed, says CEO of DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private supplier of energy says

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: thousands of people without power after Russian strikes on energy hubs, says Ukraine – as it happened

Ukrainian government says recent shelling in southern city of Kherson leaves more than 28,000 people without power

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2023

Fund Ukraine's War Effort by Confiscating Russian Government Assets

The $300 billion in frozen Russian state assets in Western nations could fund a large part of Ukraine's defense.

Reason · Nov 17, 2023

Thousands of Ukrainian children forcefully taken to Belarus via Russia, study finds

Yale University study finds Russia and Belarus ‘have been working together to coordinate and fund the movement of children’

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023