The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

Russia's Black Sea fleet flagship the Moskva, built in the Soviet era, has sunk following a fire which Ukraine claims was caused after it was hit with a missile

Ukraine earlier claimed it struck the ship with its Neptune missiles.

Moscow says seven people wounded and six buildings damaged by ‘air strikes’ in Russia’s southwestern Bryansk region.

Large convoys of military equipment have been filmed in Russia and Belarus in recent days. Amateur videos analysed and verified by the FRANCE 24 Observers team show that some of these military reinforcements are heading for the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, towards the pro-Russian self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and…

The Moskva missile cruiser, Russia's Black Sea flagship, has been severely damaged with a Ukrainian official having said it was hit by a missile but Moscow claims that ammunition on board exploded.

(This April 14 story makes clear in headline and first paragraph that Moldova did not directly accuse the Russian army, and corrects day on which minister made comments; in fourth and fifth paragraph adds context of minister's remarks and corrects exact wording of quote)

The once bustling border crossing of Imatra, on Finland's frontier with Russia, now stands idle as the town's inhabitants cast a nervous eye towards their giant eastern neighbour following its invasion of Ukraine.

Payment for Russian gas in roubles by European Union buyers as demanded by President Vladimir Putin would break the EU's sanctions regime against Moscow, an internal European Commission note said.

Lithuania plays down threat, claiming Russians already have such weapons in Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad