The Latest Breaking News from Russia

ANALYSIS: Putin’s rejection of ceasefire terms means Zelensky has been handed a chance to bring the US president on side – and he is beginning to understand his new American audience, writes Sam Kiley in Odesa

Russia and Ukraine say they have each swapped 175 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges of the war began

Ukraine’s president says his country is ready to implement pause in strikes on energy and infrastructure

The White House has declared that Russia and Ukraine have “never been closer to peace” following a phone call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

In ‘fantastic’ phone call with Zelensky, Trump confirms a partial ceasefire on energy is part of plan to bring ‘real end to the war’ – despite Putin breaking agreement to stop targeting energy grid in mass drone strike hours after promising not to

It comes as Downing Street labelled Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s resistance to accepting a ceasefire without conditions as ‘disappointing’.

Donald Trump has suggested that the US take ownership of Ukrainian power plants to "ensure security", the White House has said ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a conversation with Donald Trump following the latter's engagement with Vladimir Putin

The second Trump administration has seen an aggressive restoration of “big stick” foreign policy. In just two months, Trump has already sparked trade wars with Canada, Mexico and the EU, threatened to annex Greenland and pull the US out of NATO, opened negotiations with Russia to reach a cease-fire in…

According to an email obtained by The Associated Press, a senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency it has worked to dismantle

EU launches scheme to buy more weapons in Europe as Russia remains ‘a threat for the foreseeable future’