Putin ally warns Moscow will launch preventative strikes against the west ‘if necessary’ - Russian air defence units destroyed 122 Ukrainian drones overnight that targeted the capital Moscow, official

In an interview with DW, the mayor of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, explains what he thinks of US President Donald Trump's recent 50-day ultimatum to Russia. In 50 days more civilians could die,

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washington's new sanctions ultimatum.

A Russian official says American Daniel Martindale has been rewarded with citizenship for spying on Ukraine, "by decree of our President Vladimir Putin."

Armenia has signalled it could quit the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a security bloc seen as Moscow's version of NATO, after a peace treaty with Azerbaijan

Donald Trump has remarked that it will be 'too bad' if Vladimir Putin refuses to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Speaking to the press on the White House South Lawn on Tuesday, following his threat of imposing "secondary tariffs" of up to 100% on Moscow if they don't strike a deal within the next 50 days,

Russia claims the conquest of two more localities in Donetsk, the scene of its recent advances in the war in Ukraine. Donald Trump publicly announced on Monday a change in his attitude towards Vladimir Putin,