The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan coincides with US astronaut Donald Pettit’s 70th birthday.

Dozens of released Ukrainian prisoners of war embraced loved ones in emotional reunions after they were returned from Russian captivity.

In war-torn occupied territories, fake teams are being deployed as a tool to normalise a violent denial of the past

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to create ‘impression of a ceasefire’, saying Russian forces continued attacks despite President Vladimir Putin’s unilateral declaration of an Easter ceasefire

These are the key events on day 1,151 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops remain under fire in Russian border regions despite Vladimir Putin’s ‘Easter truce’. What we know on day 1,152

A Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut has returned to Earth as the International Space Station’s Expedition 72 crew end their seven-month research assignment.

Donald Trump’s shared his optimism for peace as Russia and Ukraine accused each other of breaching the 30-hour ‘Easter truce’

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reported that Russian troops are still firing at Ukraine despite the Kremlin having agreed to a ceasefire for Easter.

The Russian president orders a stop to fighting for ‘humanitarian reasons’ but Ukraine reports attacks in the Kursk and Belgorod regions