The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Putin calls escalation a ‘failure of US policy’ despite Russia’s own involvement in peace process talks since 2002

Russian leader blames explosion of violence on failed US Middle East policy that ignored aspirations of Palestinians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Moscow of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas in its war against Israel. This came after the president travelled to Romania for the first time since Russia's invasion to speak to President Klaus Iohannis about artillery and air defence supplies. Read our live…

Underground screenings of the summer’s Hollywood blockbuster Barbie are now being shown around Russia, despite the film being frowned on by government officials.

Attack on village cafe kills dozens; how the war in Ukraine gave the EU a newfound sense of purpose

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that hand grenade fragments have been found in the bodies of people who died in an August crash of a plane carrying Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin

The election of the pro-Kremlin nationalist Robert Fico reveals a country in crisis – and one that young people like my sons will leave, says Slovakian writer Monika Kompaníková

Western military powers ‘running out of ammunition’ to give to Ukraine, UK and Nato say; Belarus conducted military readiness exercises

Many of those left behind are the sick and elderly, with humanitarian groups trying to seek them out to provide help. Armenia is also struggling to house and support the 100,000 people who have fled into the country

And what could be next for the Russian mercenary group in Ukraine, after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death?