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Russia claims gains in east Ukraine as two-year mark approaches

Even behind bars, the dissident leader was a threat to the corrupt Russian dictator.

Last week, Ukrainian forces surrendered the eastern city of Avdiivka, which they had for months been desperately defending against a brutal Russian onslaught.

Several troops fell behind during Ukraine’s retreat. The messages they left were hard to read, one soldier says.

Maksim Kuzminov, who changed sides in secret operation, killed after allegedly moving to Alicante, reports suggest

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.