The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Moscow must be made to comply with demands by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to allow the demilitarisation of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Two hundred and thirty days after Vladimir Putin invaded his sovereign, democratic neighbor, the war in Ukraine is looking as successful from Moscow’s perspective as the decade-long Soviet slog in Afghanistan.

Russia repeated its position that the West's assistance to Ukraine indicates "they are a direct party to the conflict" and warned the admission of Ukraine to NATO could trigger World War Three

HéVíZ, Hungary: Despite his staunch support of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of Russia's Orthodox church, has so far escaped European Union sanctions -- thanks to the support of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.

Russia has reportedly targeted the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv and the region around the capital, Kyiv, after the United Nations General Assembly condemned Moscow's attempted annexation of four Ukrainian areas and Ukraine’s allies committed more military aid.

Ukrainian leaders are pressing the U.S. and Western allies for air defense systems and longer-range weapons to keep up the momentum in their counteroffensive against Russia and fight back against Moscow’s intensified attacks

Russia's ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said early on Thursday he had visited Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow.

US president says vote sends clear message that ‘Russia cannot erase a sovereign state from the map’

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly condemned Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and called on all countries not to recognize the move, strengthening a diplomatic international isolation of Moscow since it invaded its neighbor.

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