The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Ukraine claims to have shot down 24 drones but in Kharkiv, Odesa, Kherson, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv are struck; Russia dismisses latest US sanctions as ‘in vain’

Ukraine’s foreign minister says president is considering the ‘pros and cons’ of holding spring elections

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is launching his biggest scaling back of country’s embassies, likely betting he can earn a larger payout in arms deals with the Kremlin than through missions suspected of sending him a cut of their alleged crimes.

Sweeping new measures target entities including in China, Turkey and UAE in bid to cut off Russia’s supply chain.

Explosions in Ukraine’s second-largest city start fire as president claims Moscow retreating in Black Sea

US says move will undermine confidence in international arms control, amid concerns Moscow’s nuclear threats are designed to deter Ukraine’s allies

As the war enters its 618th day, these are the main developments.

Russia's disinformation campaign began a new phase on October 25, when Russian bots flooded social media like X (formerly known as Twitter) with fake articles about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas that discredit Ukraine. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko has survived a poisoning attempt and managed to evade a Chechen hit squad, but the attempts on her life have not dissuaded her from becoming one of Russia's most outspoken dissenters. She has just published her first book, "I Love Russia", which she wrote while in…

Russia bombards 100 settlements within 24 hours as top Ukrainian commander warns war has become deadlocked

Russian shelling has killed an 81-year-old woman in the yard of her home and a 60-year-old man in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region