Lu Shaye’s comments raise fresh questions over China’s role in brokering peace in Ukraine

A high ranking Russian official has exploded at a gesture from the US, warning the superpower that Moscow “will find ways to respond”.

China and Russia are united in an epic struggle against the West – and their leaders seek nothing less than to remake the global order.

President Lula’s positioning of Brazil as a broker in the war is emblematic of how some of the world’s largest countries are not picking a side.

The bloc of developing countries will be a larger driver of development than the Western Group of Seven major economies

Brazilian president’s framing of the conflict is ‘not in line with the real state of affairs,’ a Ukrainian official says.

The Russian president has made a trip to Kherson Region and the Lugansk People’s Republic, the Kremlin says

The news outlet claims hopes have been dampened, with a 30 km (20 mile) advance now seen as a realistic objective

The US believes the UN Secretary General is too willing to accommodate Russian interests, according to fresh revelations in classified documents leaked online.

‘Top secret’ document reportedly warned Kyiv faced shortfalls in troops and weaponry and suggested any gains would be modest

What to make of the dozens of classified American Defence Department documents - maps, charts and photographs - now circulating on the internet?

Kiev’s forces would inevitably suffer losses while storming well-fortified positions, Ramzan Kadyrov is claiming

The US and the EU could have given diplomacy a chance before rushing into war, the president said

The rapidity with which China is doing back-to-back meetings with key countries such as France, Saudi and Iran, China is positioning itself as a broker of “wisdom.”

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to use his influence to help stop Russia's war in Ukraine.

The West worries that Beijing could boost aid to its ally Moscow in the war against Ukraine.

Moscow says Darya Trepova acted for Ukraine and handed statuette to Vladlen Tatarsky that later exploded

Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move.

Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war

Russia’s FSB caught Evan Gershkovich “red-handed,” Putin’s spokesman has claimed