The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

In an effort to get Russian men to help invade Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin’s police and military officers have resorted to snatching citizens from public places in Moscow and St. Petersburg over the past weeks, before taking them to military enlistment offices.

Sergei Surovikin says Russia’s defence of occupied southern city ‘not easy’ as Ukraine introduces local news blackout

States that do not invest in military power would be wise to tool up. And there will be much less room for alliance free-riders – this has obvious implications for Anzac.

Ukraine says situation is ‘critical’

It comes as Nato and Moscow conduct test nuclear exercises this week

The leaders of Turkey and Russia are continuing to deepen relations as Moscow intensifies its war against Ukraine. Their frequent meetings and close ties fuel concerns among Turkey's Western allies that Ankara is circumventing sanctions against Russia.

Russia said on Tuesday that four Ukrainian regions whose annexation it proclaimed last month are under the protection of its nuclear arsenal. The statement from the Kremlin came at a moment of acute tension, with both NATO and Russia expected to hold military exercises shortly to test the readiness of…

Moscow continues to deny any involvement in the ruptures

Russian missiles crashed into infrastructure targets across Ukraine on Tuesday morning as Moscow stepped up what looked like a deliberate campaign to destroy electricity and water facilities before winter. The major of Zhytomyr, a city of 263,000 people, said the attacks had knocked out the power and water supply, and…