President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors to take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state.

The very public death of Putin henchman Yevgeny Prigozhin highlights the evolution of Russia into a mafia state held together by violence and incapable of global leadership.

The Kremlin appears to be sending the signal that no degree of effectiveness can protect someone from punishment for disloyalty.

The West should stop talking about sending arms to Kiev and engage diplomatically with Moscow, the ex-French president has said

One of Russia's leading military figures, Gen Sergei Surovikin, has reportedly lost his job as air force chief after weeks of speculation about his disappearance from public view.

A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv on Saturday killed seven people and wounded more than 100 others on Saturday, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said. 

According to a recent Google Flights search, there were no direct or connecting flights from Minsk to the United States.

Putin won't attend BRICS summit this week because he could face arrest over alleged war crimes in Ukraine

Authorities say they can no longer guarantee the safety of those who stay in Kupyansk amid Russian shelling. Some 2,000 residents have signed releases saying they won’t hold officials responsible.
 

Without more advanced weapons slated to bolster the front line or fully committing forces still being held in reserve, it is unlikely that Ukraine will be able to secure a breakthrough in the counteroffensive, according to analysts.

Seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed when a Russian missile struck a theatre in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, officials say.

Andy Harris says Kiev may have no chance of winning against Russia and suggests winding down US aid to Ukraine

Moscow has ensured Kiev will never again be a threat, the Belarusian president has said

Europe and Russia need each other, the former French president has said

Ukrainian conscription officials accused of taking bribes and smuggling people out of the country have been sacked in an anti-corruption purge.

Kiev doesn’t have enough weapons to “change the balance of the war,” President Andrzej Duda has said

Russian strikes on east Ukraine residential block kills at least 7

At least five people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, officials say.

A woman allegedly feeding information on the president’s whereabouts has been arrested