The Latest Breaking News from Russia

The second Donald Trump administration has already sent shockwaves through the political establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. Overseas, the focus has been on the administration’s apparent dismantling of the post-war international order and Trump’s apparent pivot away from America’s traditional allies towards a warmer relationship with Russia and…

Sweden’s prime minister says his government wants to ramp up defense spending to a target of 3.5% of the Nordic country’sgross domestic product, marking its largest military buildup since the Cold War

A day earlier, Ukraine and Russia agreed to a halt to attacks in the Black Sea.

The White House says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserting the truce was effective immediately while also accusing Russia of lying about the deal’s terms.

BBC News was suddenly interrupted on Tuesday morning (March 25) as presenter Kasia Madera broke in with a major update coming straight from Moscow.

Russia and Ukraine accused each other Wednesday of derailing a US-brokered deal that could see the warring countries halt attacks on the Black Sea and against energy sites.

Ukraine’s president says drone attacks just hours after ceasefire talks were ‘a clear signal to the whole world’

NEWS ANALYSIS: Russia is manipulating ceasefire terms over the Black Sea and energy, but that suits Ukraine and gives Kyiv time to build up help from Europe writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

Truce has been announced by the White House, but the Kremlin has so far shown no signs of implementing it