The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Hopes of success remain low after Trump points finger at Zelenskyy and Moscow keeps up hardline demands

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un officially unveiled a new Pyongyang housing district for families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, in a boost to Pyongyang's pro-war propaganda.

A Ukrainian delegation is heading to Geneva for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, days before next week’s fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor

IN FOCUS: Alexei Navalny is latest in long line of Vladimir Putin’s critics who have died in recent years. James C. Reynolds, Gustaf Kilander and Alexander Butler report

Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure. Plus, the week the Cuban crisis got real

Russia has dismissed accusations from European nations that it poisoned Alexei Navalny with epibatidine as "biased and baseless." Britain, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands said in a joint statement on Saturday that they believe Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a toxic substance derived from poison dart frogs. While the…

Friends of Alexander Perepilichny have highlighted similarities between his sudden death and that of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

Also in this newsletter: Finnish minister warns Russia's reinforcing nuclear and Arctic assets near border; and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Hungary on the second stop of his Central Euroepan tour

Arctic security is paramount for European stability, Finland's defence minister told Euronews in a wide-ranging interview. He added talk of European nuclear deterrence is welcome but cannot replace NATO yet.

Exclusive: Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure

Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal and air defence in occupied Crimea as Moscow's drone strikes and power cuts intensify ahead of fresh US-brokered peace talks in Geneva.