The Latest Breaking News from Russia

'Stop this war now', PM Albanese urges Putin on Ukraine

As Australia donates new drones to aid Kyiv's defences, the prime minister has delivered a blunt message one year on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023

Strip of land key to expanding Ukraine grain shipments, major exporter says

The owner of Nibulon, one of Ukraine's biggest grain exporters and growers, said on Thursday that expanding the Black Sea grain corridor to Mykolaiv ports made little sense until Ukraine regained control of a narrow strip of land occupied by Russia.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

5 times Russia has broken international law from grim torture to lung-busting bomb

Friday marks one year since tyrant Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops cross the border into Ukraine in one of the 21st century's most destructive and vicious military invasions

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says meeting with China 'desirable'

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had not yet seen a Chinese plan for ending Russia's war on Ukraine but that he would welcome talks with Beijing.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

West is using Ukraine to try to break up Russia - Defence Minister Shoigu

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the West on Thursday of using Ukraine to try to break up Russia, the world's largest country by territory, but he said any such attempt would fail.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Vladimir Putin vows to send world-ending Satan-2 nuclear-capable missiles into combat

Russia carried out a failed test of the Satan-2 missile - which could turn the world into a radioactive crater - as US President Joe Biden visited his counterpart in Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

Russian support for Putin’s war in Ukraine is hardening

As Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine struggles into its second year, his transformation of Russian society is in overdrive.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Analysis: Putin leaving nuclear treaty is a reminder that he has — and can use — nuclear bombs

WASHINGTON — It seemed to be a scary example of bellicose warmongering foreshadowing a catastrophic escalation. But Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement this week that he was abandoning the last major nuclear arms control treaty may have been more symbolic than a threat of concrete action.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2023

Ukrainian amputee soldiers get replacement limbs but must rebuild lives

Around a dozen Ukrainian soldiers who have lost limbs fighting Russian invaders have been given hi-tech prosthetics at a clinic in Silver Spring, on the outskirts of Washington D.C.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Ukraine: this new cold war must end before the world faces Armageddon

One year of war and Russia is still mired in its second invasion of its neighbour’s internationally recognised territory – which turned out to be much bloodier and more devastating than the first due to Ukraine’s incomparably stronger resistance.

The Conversation · Feb 23, 2023