The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Trump trolls Europe with image of him staring at Greenland through White House window

Trump has maintained that he sees US control of the Arctic territory as ‘inevitable’

Evening Standard · Jan 13

British special forces ‘lined up to storm Russian shadow fleet tankers’ in helicopter raids

Using law from 2018 the UK would legally be able to seize unidentified tankers

Evening Standard · Jan 13

North Korea's Kim shakes up security detail amid 'decapitation' fears

The unusual changes in the North Korean dictator's personal security detail might be down to concerns of possible assassination following Pyongyang's involvement in Russia's war in Ukraine, while the US operation to capture Venezuela's Maduro made him fear a "decapitation strike," analysts say.

Euronews · Jan 13

Co-op refuses its will-writing service because I was born in Russia

This was even though I had revoked my citizenship and now have dual British and German nationality

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13

Is Europe ready for war and what is Brussels doing to prepare?

With tensions increasing at Europe’s borders, the EU says its new defence measures will help it face Russia and other threats by 2030. But is this true? And are Europeans prepared to fight?

Euronews · Jan 13

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Multiple oil tankers struck off Russian coast in attack while unloading

It came after Russia launched its heaviest air attack of 2026, killing four in strikes targeting Kyiv and Kharkiv

The Independent UK · Jan 13

Venezuela's 'black gold' allies: Caracas' links to Cuba, China, Russia and Iran

From 1999 onwards, successive governments pursued a strategy linking foreign policy, state financing and the management of the country's main industry. The result was a network of bilateral alliances that channelled much of Venezuela's crude outside conventional buying and selling circuits.

Euronews · Jan 13

Russia working to circumvent sanctions to ensure India oil imports continue

Delhi is world’s second largest purchaser of Russian crude, which is now cheaper than oil from Middle East

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13

UK and US condemn Russia’s Oreshnik ballistic missile strike on Ukraine: ‘Dangerous escalation of war’

Acting British ambassador James Kariuki says Putin ‘claims to want peace and yet his actions tell a different story’

The Independent UK · Jan 13

Ukraine war briefing: Oreshnik missile sparks anger at UN security council

Strike on Lviv that used nuclear-capable ballistic missile a ‘dangerous, inexplicable escalation’. What we know on day 1,420

The Guardian - AU · Jan 13