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Western intelligence claim Russia’s leader is out of touch. But who has the upper hand in the Kremlin’s jostling factions – and is there a chance of a palace coup?

Ramzan Kadyrov has built palaces in Chechnya’s capital Grozny - one as his seat of power, another for his first wife, and a third for a woman assumed to be his polygamous junior spouse

Russia's lead negotiator at talks with Ukraine said on Wednesday that Kyiv had stated a willingness to meet core Russian demands, but that Moscow's position on the Donbas region and annexed Crimea remained unchanged.

Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin doesn't mention areas that have seen heavy fighting, including around Mariupol, as he talks of the steps needed to work towards an agreement, which Moscow's top negotiator says is still a long way off.

Some Russian units suffering heavy losses in Ukraine had been forced to return home and to neighboring Belarus, British military intelligence said a day after Russia promised to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacted with skepticism to the offer made by Russia…

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Russian forces bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and a besieged city in northern Ukraine on Wednesday after promising to reduce attacks there in what the West dismissed as a ploy by Moscow to stem its heavy losses and regroup for other offensives.

Russia’s pledge to cut back its military activity in the north is greeted with widespread scepticism, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy says signs from talks are ‘positive’

A huge blast was filmed in the city of Belgorod, close to the border and some reports indicate the Ukraine military may have struck the Russian arsenal