The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

French President Emmanuel Macron met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday at the start of a week of intense diplomacy over fears Russia is preparing an invasion of its pro-Western neighbour Ukraine. Moscow calls the fears "hysteria", but just how worrying is the build-up of Russian troops?

French President Emmanuel Macron, the top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began massing troops on the border with Ukraine, told Vladimir Putin at the start of talks in the Kremlin on Monday that he aimed to avoid war and build trust. Macron, who is expected to seek re-election…

A Russian-backed separatist leader in eastern Ukraine said on Monday that full-scale war could break out there at any time and his forces might need to turn to Moscow for support.

It comes amid fears Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine, with 126,000 on the country’s eastern flank and 80,000 Moscow and Belarus soldiers to the north

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that it would be a “foolish mistake” for Russia to invade Ukraine.

Against the backdrop of a western diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China and Russia have marked the occasion by showing off their increasingly close relationship. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin posed for pictures with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the opening of the 2022 Winter Games, declaring their opposition…

While tensions between Moscow and Kyiv reach boiling point, young people on both sides of the border hope for peace.

There will now be 450 British troops in Poland as fears continue to mount about large numbers of Russian troops massed near the Ukrainian border

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed guarded optimism on Monday ahead of talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at defusing tensions over the Ukrainian crisis.

French President Emmanuel Macron, the top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began massing troops on the border with Ukraine, told Vladimir Putin at the start of talks in the Kremlin on Monday that he aimed to avoid war and build trust.

As Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border in preparation for a potential invasion, tensions between the two countries are also playing out through a conflict in the Orthodox Church.