The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin’s ‘travel options extremely limited’ after international criminal court warrant – as it happened

Russian president accused of ‘unlawful deportation’ of children ‘from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023

China foreign minister urges solution to Ukraine war in rare call

Qin Gang in phone call with counterpart Dmytro Kuleba expresses concern that war with Russia could spin out of control.

Al Jazeera · Mar 17, 2023

Video of drone encounter shows Russia ‘flat-out lying’

The Biden administration released dramatic footage of an encounter between Russian fighter jets and an American surveillance drone as the United States sought to show that Russia was lying with claims that its warplane never hit the US aircraft.

Bangkok Post · Mar 17, 2023

DeSantis once said Russia was ‘violating Ukrainian sovereignty,’ threatening NATO allies

WASHINGTON — As a junior U.S. congressman from Florida in 2014, Ron DeSantis accused Moscow of “violating Ukrainian sovereignty,” accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of creating a “pretext” to invade its neighbor, and sought assurances from the Obama administration that the United States would stand by its NATO allies.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 17, 2023

The Black Sea drone incident highlights the loose rules around avoiding 'accidental' war

The extraordinary footage of a Russian jet intercepting a US drone over the Black Sea earlier this week demonstrates just how potentially disastrous such encounters outside actual war zones can be.

The Conversation · Mar 17, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 387 of the invasion

The Hague issues arrest warrant for Putin for overseeing abduction of Ukrainian children; Russia sustaining up to 1,500 casualties a day

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene says claims that Putin wants to extend invasion further into Europe are ‘lies’

Georgia congresswoman has previously been accused of parroting ‘Russian propaganda’

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

UN-backed investigation accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

Russia’s forced transfers of Ukrainian children in areas under its control amounts to a war crime, investigators say.

Al Jazeera · Mar 16, 2023

China's very precarious balancing act

Precisely how far China will go in supporting Russia has been one of the most important questions of the war in Ukraine.

Bangkok Post · Mar 16, 2023

Russia committed wide-ranging war crimes: UN

The UN says Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy-related infrastructure and use of torture "may amount to crimes against humanity".

The New Daily · Mar 16, 2023