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The documents address a long-standing rumour that Russian leader has cancer

What we know – or think we know – about the progress of the war in Ukraine over the past few days has come courtesy of leaked Pentagon documents which appear to cover, in some detail, a wide range of issues around the conflict. As you’d expect, among the main…

A similar move was vetoed last summer but now Vladimir Putin is prepared to throw young lives into his war in Ukraine with new legislation to send 18-year-olds to the frontline

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader is suffering ‘acute pain’, which supporters fear may be due to poison

While the world is watching the destruction in Ukraine, in another corner of the former Soviet Union hostilities smolder.

Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost 8 kg in jail and is suffering an illness that could be some sort of slow acting poison, his spokeswoman said.

Russia’s high-profile Victory Day parades have been cancelled in some areas due to “security concerns” at the border, UK military chiefs have said.

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While escalation is not inevitable, it’s still a risk having any U.S. boots on the ground.

When Russian authorities announced a “partial mobilisation” last year to reinforce their military objectives in Ukraine, thousands of reservists immediately knew what it meant – they would be sent to war. To avoid being deployed, thousands left Russia or tried to hide from recruitment agents at home. For many, their…

The new restrictions seek to limit Russia’s ability to evade sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine.