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Russia accuses British diplomats of spying, leading to their expulsion amid tensions over Ukraine. Expulsions follow increased diplomatic tensions between ...

Antony Blinken says new US sanctions against Russia are in response to Kremlin’s attempt to ‘subvert and polarize free and open societies’. This blog is now closed.

‘Baseless’ expulsions come as Putin threatens West over Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles inside Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pleading with Kyiv’s allies for months to let Ukraine fire Western missiles into Russia

Three killed and two wounded in Russian attack on planned aid distribution site in Donetsk, Ukrainian authorities say.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next month for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed Thursday, a move that comes as Moscow and Beijing seek to counter the West’s global influence

Things are not exactly going to plan for Moscow in the Arctic – an area that is a strategic military region for Russia and has significant economic potential that could help Russia in propping up its war economy. Yet, a combination of Ukrainian military capabilities, western pushback and the pressure…

Russian momentum has slowed in areas near Pokrovsk, but Moscow’s forces have pressed south from that line of attack

Exclusive: Michelin, Dunlop, Goodyear and Bridgestone products have all found their way to Russia via intermediaries

Exclusive: Families confirm to The Independent that the men have been released from duty and are now in Moscow awaiting paperwork for their journeys back to India

Although Zelenskiy posted on social media that Russia was to blame, the ICRC statement did not apportion blame to any party