The Latest Breaking News from Russia

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will continue to strike Ukraine’s energy grid after waves of missile attacks that have left swaths of the country without clean water and electricity. Pope Francis broke down and cried as he spoke of the suffering of Ukrainians during a prayer at Rome's…

Russia said on Thursday its troops were taking part in tactical exercises in Belarus, amid fears that Moscow is pressing its ally to get more involved in the Ukraine war.

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: "What's our spirit like?"

Conscription-age men in the city of Melitopol are apparently being targeted

The risk of Russian President Vladimir President Putin using nuclear weapons as part of his war in Ukraine has decreased in response to international pressure, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Thursday.

Russian president said “we realise what nuclear weapons are”, in address to Human Rights Council

Talks between Russia and the United States on securing an exchange of high-profile prisoners are making only sporadic progress, a top Russian diplomat said in comments published on Thursday.

The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine on Friday and vowed to disrupt Russian ties with Iran, which a British envoy said involved Moscow seeking hundreds of ballistic missiles and offering unprecedented military support in return.

The United Nations is examining "available information" about accusations that Iran supplied Russia with drones, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, as he faces Western pressure to send experts to Ukraine to inspect downed drones.