The Latest Breaking News on 6 months inside Ukraine's special forces show how covert missions shape the war behind the frontline

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has welcomed thousands of Russian troops to his country, allowed the Kremlin to use it to launch the invasion of Ukraine last year, and offered to station some of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons there

Wagner Group boss and an ally of the Russian President Yevgeny Prigozhin has also issued warnings over the impending Ukrainian offensive following the delivery of new western military aid

As the war enters its 423rd day, we take a look at the main developments.

Russia's Defence Ministry said in a briefing on Friday that assault troops were fighting in western parts of Bakhmut, the last part of the embattled Ukrainian city still held by Kyiv's forces.

What happened in the 60th week of Russia’s war on Ukraine?

A Ukrainian military spokesperson accused Moscow on Wednesday of a "provocation" after Russian proxy forces said Ukrainian forces had blown up four buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, killing 20 civilians. Russia's state-run TASS news agency quoted an unnamed source in the Russian-backed "power structures" of Ukraine's eastern…

Ukraine defence minister said he had first lobbied for the Patriots in August 2021, before the invasion

The Russian-installed head of the Moscow-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Tuesday and said he had discussed ways of boosting trade.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown on video on Tuesday, purportedly in the part of Ukraine's Kherson region controlled by Russian forces, meeting Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, a commander who British military intelligence said had recently been restored to a major role in the Ukraine campaign.

Russian president attends military command meeting in Kherson

Moldova told Russian politicians not to meddle in its internal affairs on Monday after barring a Russian delegation from entering the country ahead of a regional election.