The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

In today’s newsletter: As Ukrainian forces make further advances inside Russia, Vladimir Putin goes on an offensive to calm fears and mould perceptions at home. Will it work?

Kyiv’s push into Russia has psychological and political advantages, but it knows Putin cannot let it lie

On Aug. 6, 2024, Ukrainian soldiers crossed the border into Kursk province, marking the first invasion of foreign troops into Russian territory since World War II. In the days since, Russian television viewers and social media users have been confronted with images of burned-out houses and captured Russian soldiers.

Russia’s Belgorod border region has declared an emergency under heavy shelling by Ukrainian forces that are pressing a major cross-border incursion into the adjacent Kursk region for a second week

Pro-Kremlin commentators say the cross-border attack was developed by NATO as Putin threatens a ‘worthy response’.

Ukraine’s cross-border operation is the largest attack on Russia since World War II

Russian army escalates assaults in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine advances into Russian territory, causing significant disruption and a complex military standoff.

The Ukrainian military says the Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, even as the Kremlin’s forces try to check a stunning weeklong incursion into Russia by Kyiv’s troops

Mahmoud Abbas is the latest Palestinian leader to visit Moscow amid Israel’s continuing onslaught of Gaza.