The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

The building of an aircraft repair plant has been destroyed in the attack

Russia said its forces were "tightening the noose" around the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol on Friday and concern grew over mass civilian casualties as the United States again warned China against aiding Moscow in its invasion.

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday sent the Senate legislation that would revoke U.S. favorable tariff treatment of Russian goods as lawmakers search for ways to isolate and inflict economic pain on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

Food supply fears as Biden plans to warn Chinese president against providing military support for Russia

Russia says it will not ask the U.N. Security Council to vote Friday on its draft resolution on humanitarian relief for Ukraine, which has been criticized for making no mention of Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor

State Department say US consular officials yet to see basketball star in prison

Three weeks have passed since since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his violent, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. While his stated objectives hinted at the elimination of Ukraine’s defence — demilitarization — and the removal of its political class — denazification — the rationale behind the invasion is harder to decode.

(This March. 17 story, in paragraph 8, corrects description of HALEU to high-assay, low-enriched uranium)

‘Absolutely craven and farcical’

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under renewed Russian shelling on Thursday as negotiators deem talks ‘complicated’.

Top US diplomat says Washington will ensure ‘accountability and consequences’ for abuses committed in Ukraine.