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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Blinov, 42, was killed in March but reports at the time denied this and said he was alive.

On the anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, Putin offers no assessment of progress in war.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has delivered a speech in Moscow’s Red Square in which he blamed the West for his war in Ukraine.

Russian bombing of a school sheltering civilians claimed 60 lives, Ukraine said on Sunday, as the G7 group of the west's leading economies reaffirmed their solidarity with Kyiv on the eve of Moscow's plans for a major celebration to mark the anniversary of allied victory in World War II.

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The UK on Sunday said it was slapping fresh sanctions on Russia and Belarus over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, including import tariffs on precious metals and export bans. The import tariffs, including on platinum and palladium, target trade worth £1.4 billion ($1.7 billion or 1.6 billion euros), while export bans…

Russia will celebrate its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany Monday with a show of military might as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians. President Vladimir Putin is set to flaunt Russia's power…

While fighting continues in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is due to address a military parade in Red Square on Russia’s Victory Day holiday

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