But according to Russian state media, he’s been handed a poisoned chalice: front-line command of a notorious battalion of ex-prisoners that has suffered massive casualties in Ukraine.

A Ukrainian rocket attack killed six people, including three Russian state media workers, in eastern Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Luhansk region, according to Russian news organisations and officials.

Russian attacks on Ukraine continued overnight into Easter Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says - despite Vladimir Putin announcing a 30-hour "Easter truce". The Ukrainian president said on social ...

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina was released from Kremlin custody in a prisoner swap with the United States on Thursday morning. Karelina was freed in exchange for German-Russian Arthur ...

April 19 (UPI) --Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday declared a 30-hour Easter truce with Ukraine through Sunday night, but Ukraine's President said late Saturday on X that "Russian ...

KYIV, April 18 (Reuters) - A Russian drone strike early on Friday hit a bakery in northern Ukraine where traditional Easter cakes were being prepared, killing one man, Ukrainian officials said.

The Bundestag spokesperson referred to an assessment by the federal government in a statement explaining the move, adding: "This assessment led to the ambassadors of the Russian Federation and ...

Four journalists linked to the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were sentenced to spend five years and six months in a penal colony on Tuesday, after they were accused of working for ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly lauded Elon Musk, comparing him to Sergei Korolev, a key figure in early Soviet space achievements. Putin acknowledged Musk's ambitious Mars ...

A Russian missile struck a warehouse belonging to Kusum Healthcare, an Indian pharmaceutical company, in Ukraine, prompting condemnation from the Ukrainian embassy, which alleged a deliberate ...

Two people were killed and 35 others were injured after a Russian drone attack struck a military hospital and shopping center in Ukraine late Saturday night, Ukrainian officials say. Regional Gov.

Vladimir Putin met with freed Russian-Israeli hostage Sasha Troufanov, who spent nearly 500 days in captivity in Gaza, and urged him to thank his Hamas captors for the “humanitarian act” of ...