The Latest Breaking News from Sergei Shoigu

Over 200,000 people have already been drafted into Russia's armed forces since President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation two weeks ago, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

Russia's recent annexation of four Ukrainian regions will exacerbate human rights violations, the UN rights office said Tuesday, as it outlined the "unspeakable suffering and devastation" inflicted on Ukrainians. Moscow's defence ministry acknowledged serious territorial losses for Russian forces in the southern region of Kherson. Read about the day's events…

Vladimir Putin earlier this year placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’

Mikhail Suetin expected to be detained when he protested against Russian mobilisation, but he never imagined he would be ordered to enlist in the very army he was denouncing.

Reports ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected while protesters in Moscow drafted on arrest

A source has claimed that Vladimir Putin will be allowed to call up a total of one million people, not 300,000 as officially announced. He is said to be scared to reveal the truth to Russians

First Russian mobilisation since Second World War follows series of military setbacks in Ukraine

Veronika Loginova, 18, has been threatened with a six year jail term for using Instagram - despite Vladimir Putin's cronies using it and getting away scot-free - as she is now urging people to share her story

President Vladimir Putin’s order to call up as many as 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine triggered alarm and demonstrations as Russians were forced to confront the reality of the deadly conflict.