The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Ukraine's defence minister has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin has amassed half a million troops and could use them for an 'anniversary' attack on the country

Security services search the home of one of Ukraine's most-prominent billionaires — who was once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's sponsor — in what authorities are calling a wartime anti-corruption purge.

Family and friends of Ukrainian decathlete Volodymyr Androshchuk bid farewell on Wednesday to the promising sportsman turned soldier killed in combat with Russia, weeping as they lined up at his open coffin.

The situation on the front lines in eastern Ukraine has become tougher as Russian forces step up an offensive, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday in another gloomy military assessment from Kyiv.

Richard Marles and Penny Wong are in the UK, visiting a military base where Australian troops are training Ukrainian forces to defend against Russia's invasion.

Russia has lost a suspected 127,500 troops since it began its invasion of Ukraine nearly one year ago, and among these heavy casualties is half of its supposedly elite airborne troops

The former Prime Minister dismissed fears UK and US aircraft would prove complicated for Ukrainian pilots, pointing to the success of Polish airmen flying RAF planes in the Second World War

Latvia has become the first country to back Ukraine's threat to boycott next year's Olympics in Paris if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete as "neutrals" while war continues to rage.

The photos, which were posted on Twitter on January 28, depict the luxury store in the exclusive Russian mall GUM, which is located near the Kremlin in Red Square

Ihor Kolomoisky – who has denied wrongdoing – is a former political ally of President Zelensky

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia's military must stop the shelling of Russian regions from Ukrainian territory, which he said had left many people homeless or without power. Putin was addressing a government meeting about restoring destroyed housing and infrastructure in regions of southwest Russia that border Ukraine.…