The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Leaked battle plans shows Vladimir Putin's mad dash for Kyiv, Ukraine, despite a former Russian general telling the world that "never in its history has Russia made such stupid decisions"

‘Fairly serious’ damage caused by attack in Kyiv, governor says

Ukraine’s military says about 20 unmanned aerial vehicles targeted facilities around the capital.

European Union unity over sanctions on Russia has started to falter as jitters about the impact on Europe's own stumbling economy weakens resolve to punish Moscow for war in Ukraine.

Russian troops will conduct military exercises in Belarus, which neighbors Ukraine, the Interfax news agency said on Monday, citing the defense ministry in Moscow. In October, Belarus announced the formation of a joint regional force with Moscow with several thousand Russian servicemen arriving in the ex-Soviet country, AFP said. "The…

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under Russian drone attack on Monday morning, the country’s military administration said on Telegram.

Ukraine's capital was targeted by multiple drones in an attack early Monday, authorities reported, three days after what they described as one of Russia's biggest assaults on Kyiv since the beginning of the war. The Kyiv city administration said on its Telegram account that more than 20 Iranian-made drones were…

Using a low-profile fleet of ships under US sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, Reuters reported. Wheat sent to Syria from the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea increased 17-fold this year to just…

European Union energy ministers on Monday agreed a gas price cap, after weeks of talks on the emergency measure that has split opinion across the bloc as it seeks to tame the energy crisis. The Kremlin responded by calling the cap “unacceptable”. Read our live blog to see how all…