With Ukraine’s forces at risk of encirclement, the top military commander ordered a retreat. In startlingly candid accounts, soldiers described disarray and despair.

At least 400 people have been detained across Russia since Aleksei Navalny’s death, a rights group reported. Those who came to lay flowers found solace in the company of others.

Ukrainian troops are pulling back to avoid encirclement and destruction, the president has said.

With Ukrainian forces routed, Russian soldiers are clearing the last pockets of resistance from the city

Kyiv’s military chief orders outgunned forces to pull out of Avdiivka, the first city captured by Russia in months.

With an investigation ongoing, Dmitry Peskov cautioned Western leaders against making “rabid statements”

Supporters and western officials condemn what they describe as a political assassination attributable to Russia’s president

Russia wants to put nuclear weapons in space to obliterate Western satellites, according to alarming new US intelligence.

Russia will work with whoever the Americans elect, but has its preferences, Vladimir Putin has said

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky plan to sign a bilateral security agreement at the Elysée Palace on Friday, the French presidency said.

The KGB agent turned warlord president has shaped Russia with resentment and force. As Donald Trump threatens to abandon NATO allies if he returns to the White House, Putin’s poised to take advantage.

In an interview that lasted more than two hours, the Russian President aired well-trod grievances and gave a lecture full of spurious history meant to justify his war in Ukraine.

Moscow saw the interview as an opportunity to be heard in the West, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said

Unfortunately, President Zelensky risks getting it wrong

The Russian leader spoke on a variety of burning topics in the much-anticipated interview, focusing on the Ukraine conflict

The billionaire will continue his technological developments, but rules must be established, the Russian leader has said

Moscow doesn’t want the world slipping into a global war, the Russian leader said