The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Russia's main stock exchange halted dollar and euro trades on Thursday after the United States hit Moscow with a new package of sanctions over its military offensive in Ukraine.

Russian forces have fired missiles and drones at the Kyiv region and five other areas of Ukraine in a nighttime attack

Russia and its ally Belarus have launched a second stage of drills intended to train their troops in tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin’s efforts to discourage the West from ramping up support for Ukraine

Liya Zaurbekova is just one of a cohort of Chechen women who have tried to escape a deeply sexist and oppressive life

St Petersburg summit hails good news on the economy as children of elite step into spotlight

Hardened Ukrainian veterans hope new supplies of US rockets will help push Vladimir Putin’s forces back

President Vladimir Putin said this week that he reserves the right to supply long-range weapons to Russian allies for possible use against Western strategic interests – a response to Ukraine getting the green light to use NATO-supplied weapons for limited attacks inside Russia. But some military experts say Putin’s latest…

US president says sorry for ‘weeks of not knowing’, referring to members of Congress holding up a $61bn aid package

U.S. President Joe Biden is due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris as Kyiv’s army endures its hardest days of fighting since the early weeks of the war with Russia and prepares for what officials say could be a tough summer ahead