Vladimir Putin has been dealt a fresh battlefield blow as Ukraine says it trapped around 2,500 Russian troops on a strategic Black Sea peninsula. Ukrainian troops said Moscow’s forces on the occupied Kinburn Peninsula had become largely isolated as drone attacks and remotely laid mines made it increasingly difficult to bring in ammunition,

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker is urging the military alliance’s members to boost defense spending and weapons production to prepare for emerging Russian threats. “You can’t predict

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has warned Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan that Yerevan’s bid to join the European Union could disrupt trade with Moscow. Relations between the two countries have reached historic lows as Yerevan pivots toward the West, prompting sharp economic and political retaliation from Moscow.

Vladimir Putin has vowed revenge after Ukraine humiliated the Russian dictator with yet another drone attack on a major oil hub. A barrage of long-range drones on Tuesday left the vast Ust-Luga fuel terminal in flames.

Indian PM Narendra Modi has urged Russia to end the Ukraine war and to cease hostilities.

Bishkek showcases Putin’s diplomatic reach and the leverage held by the partners that Russia increasingly needs.

This includes Sergei Sechkov, an officer in Russia’s 332nd Separate Helicopter Regiment, who was killed by a car bomb in St. Petersburg on Aug. 27. Sechkov had been accused of committing war crimes during the invasion, including deliberately targeting Ukrainian civilians with missile and bombing attacks.

Vladimir Putin has said it is a "military secret” whether or not Russia is weighing up possible strikes on British military sites, in an ominous new warning over the UK’s support for Ukraine.

The Russian president's remarks at a 3 a.m. news conference — and Moscow's intensifying strikes on Kyiv — suggested that he sees little chance of a deal to end his war in Ukraine.