The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Government suffers series of defeats in Lords on immigration overhaul

The votes came against the backdrop of thousands of Ukrainian civilians fleeing the conflict with Russia

Wales Online · Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine: what we know on day six of Russia’s invasion

Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers die in attack on military base in Okhtyrka as Russian column approaching Kyiv appears to stall

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022

Taiwan to follow SWIFT move, sends medical aid to Ukraine

Taiwan will join moves to block some Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments system and has sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine to show support for the international "democratic camp", the government said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2022

What are capital controls and how is Russia seeking to use them to ease the pain of sanctions?

Moscow forced to introduce damage-limitation measures to control economy as ruble crashes to historic low in response to hard-hitting penalties for Ukraine invasion

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Videos appear to show Ukraine civilians resisting Russian army invaders

'Why did you come to kill my parents, my children? Who are you?'

Wales Online · Mar 1, 2022

Russia's nuclear threat explained

Russian President Vladimir Putin conjured the specter of nuclear war during the last week's fierce fighting in Ukraine, instructing Russia's military to place nuclear forces on "high combat alert," a "special regime of combat duty."

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

PM says Putin will ‘feel the consequences’ for Ukraine invasion as he heads east

Boris Johnson is on Tuesday set to visit British troops serving in Estonia, which shares a border with Russia.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine: 40 mile-long Russian convoy heading to Kyiv twice as long as previously thought

40 mile chain of military vehicles seen nearing Kyiv

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Disney pauses film releases in Russia in response to Ukraine crisis

The company also said it would work with its NGO partners to provide ‘urgent aide and other humanitarian assistance’ to refugees.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Ill? ‘Unhinged’? Or calculating? Russia’s Putin keeps everyone guessing

The “madman” theory is a long-standing political trope, redolent of Cold War-era rivalries. The idea is to throw opponents off balance by making them believe you are so volatile, so hostile and so irrational that there’s simply no telling what you might do next.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022