The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

Russia seeks to exploit situation as Kyiv’s counteroffensive concentrates on south and east of country

Two Russian missile strikes on the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, including on a residential building, killed at least five people and wounded 31 others, Kyiv said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops are creating conditions to advance forward step-by-step and have the initiative on the battlefield, Ukraine's commander-in-chief said on Monday. Read…

Kyiv says 70 drones, cruise and hypersonic missile were used in attacks by Russia

Multi-wave overnight attack said to be in retaliation for successful strikes against Russian naval vessels

Three people have died in a night of intense shelling across Ukraine while Moscow's second-largest airport briefly suspended flights following a foiled drone attack near the Russian capital

Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces escalate attacks as 40 countries gather in Saudi Arabia to discuss peace in Ukraine.

Zelenskiy condemns attack on blood transfusion centre as ‘war crime’; Moscow vows retaliation over strike on Russian tanker in Kerch Strait

Ukrainian counteroffensive is slow going; Russia strikes grain facilities; IOC issues invitation to disqualified Ukrainian fencer

A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19 years in prison Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated.