Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., also argued that Whelan’s release should have been part of prisoner swap.

The Russian was exchanged for basketball player Brittney Griner, after spending more than a decade behind bars in the US

Jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner has been freed by Russia in a prison swap deal.

One country is hedging its bets on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but experts warn it could come at a cost.

Authorities have detained 25 people, including ex-police and military personnel, who allegedly wanted to reinstate a monarchy

Air raid sirens have been sounding across Ukraine.

Russia is consolidating its military presence in the captured port city of Mariupol by constructing a large army base, satellite photos released from the Earth observation company Maxar appear to show.

Military analysts have warned another Russian bombardment is “imminent”, after satellite pictures showed a number of aircraft preparing near the border.

U.K. says Russians have removed nuclear warheads from aging cruise missiles to use for strikes

PM Viktor Orban has promised a vote on the issue early next year

The whole of Ukraine's western city of Lviv is without power, after widespread strikes were reported across Ukraine - including in the capital Kyiv.

Ukraine has accused Russia of terrorism after strikes killed a newborn baby at a maternity ward in the Zaporizhzhia region.

A missile has detonated in Poland killing two people, now analysts have revealed what would need to happen to trigger a wider war across Europe.

Two people are dead and a village has been left terrorised after stray Russian rockets hit Poland.

US military’s statement comes amid reports of a deadly explosion that killed at least two people on Poland’s border with Ukraine

President Vladimir Zelensky says Russia launched 85 projectiles that damaged the country's energy system

Redeployment across the Dnieper River was completed on Friday morning, with no loss of life or equipment, it stated

Brittney Griner, convicted for possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil, was transferred out of a detention centre last Friday, her legal team said.

Vladimir Putin has alarmed Western leaders by referring to the 1945 nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed well over 100,000 people.

Tehran acknowledges it had provided Moscow with a “small number” of UAVs but denies ever supplying missiles