Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says
The top general for U.S. forces in Europe has told Congress that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon.
Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital and sows doubts about security
Shocked Russians are bringing flowers and teddy bears to the Crocus City concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow to pay their respects to more than 100 people who died in a grisly attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest
Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in a victory that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices.
Ukrainians living under Russian occupation are coerced to vote for Putin
Ukrainians living in regions illegally annexed by Russia are being coerced to vote in the presidential election of their wartime occupier, Vladimir Putin, an exercise denounced by Ukraine as an illegitimate effort by Moscow to tighten control over its neighbor.
Ally of late Navalny accuses 'Putinโs henchmen' of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up
Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalnyโs close associate and top strategist, has accused Russian President Vladimir Putinโs โhenchmenโ of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized in Lithuaniaโs capital.
Putin is set to win 6 more years in power. Here's how it will affect the war and Russia's relations
Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this weekโs presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war that is grinding through its third year and his country is more isolated than ever.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations
Ukraineโs president has pleaded for more ammunition to repel Russian advances at a summit he co-hosted with Albaniaโs government to build further support for Kyiv among southeastern European countries.
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's mother says she's resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial
The mother of Russiaโs late opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that she has seen her sonโs body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye.
Russian election officials reject antiwar politician's bid to oppose Putin in next month's vote
Antiwar politician Boris Nadezhdin was rejected as a candidate in next monthโs presidential balloting by Russian election officials, a strong signal from the Kremlin that it won't tolerate any public opposition to the invasion of Ukraine.
Kremlin foe Navalny urges election day protests in Russia next month by voting at a specific hour
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Russians to show their protest of President Vladimir Putin during next monthโs presidential balloting by voting at a specific time on election day.
Putin vows to make military gains in Ukraine as he meets with his campaign staff
President Vladimir Putin has vowed to drive Ukrainian forces back to reduce the threat of attacks on Russian territory as he met with activists running his campaign ahead of the March presidential election that heโs all but certain to win.
Top UN court rejects most of Ukraine's terror financing and discrimination case against Russia
The United Nationsโ top court has rejected large parts of a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Russia bankrolled separatist rebels in the countryโs east a decade ago and has discriminated against Crimeaโs multiethnic community since its annexation of the peninsula.
Ukraine's strikes on targets inside Russia hurt Putin's efforts to show the war isn't hitting home
Ukrainian strikes on a Russian border city, as well as attacks elsewhere on fuel facilities and arms producers, have damaged President Vladimir Putinโs attempts to reassure his countrymen that their lives have been largely untouched by the nearly 2-year-old war.
An emboldened, confident Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until Russia's goals are met
Emboldened by battlefield gains and flagging Western support for Ukraine, a relaxed and confident President Vladimir Putin says there will be no peace until Moscow achieves its goals, which he says are unchanged after nearly two years of fighting.
MI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its 'help' in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK
The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the U.K. after it broadcast part of a speech he gave calling on Russians to join hands with British intelligence.
European gymnastics federation rejects return of athletes from Russia and Belarus to competition
The governing body of gymnastics in Europe voted against allowing Russian and Belarusian gymnasts to return to international competitions, calling into question how they could qualify for next yearโs Olympics.
Russia is defeated in its bid to regain a seat on the UN's top human rights body
Russia has been defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the United Nations premiere human rights body by a significant majority in an election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
IOC assures Ukraine fencer of Paris Games spot after DQ for not shaking hands with Russian opponent
The IOC has assured Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan that she will have a place at the Paris Olympics next year after she was disqualified from a key ranking event for refusing to shake hands with a Russian she had beaten.
Bluffing or not, Putinโs declared deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus raises tensions
Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATOโs members in Central and Eastern Europe.
In Ukraine, civilians train in survival skills to cope with dangers from Russiaโs war
In a cramped municipal building in a residential area of the Ukrainian capital, a group of people take turns training to shoot from a replica machine gun with the help of a weapons training simulator relying on virtual reality.
Amid infighting among Putin's lieutenants, head of mercenary force appears to take a step too far
For months, the head of the Wagner private military contractor bombarded Russiaโs top military leaders with expletive-ridden insults in a rift that has weakened the countryโs forces amid the war in Ukraine.
Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show
Exclusive drone photos and information obtained by The Associated Press show that Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to bring down a Ukrainian dam that collapsed earlier this month while under Russian control.
US says price caps on Russia's oil are cutting revenue nearly in half and weakening its economy
When the Group of Seven nations, the European Union and Australia last year announced a plan to cap the price of Russian oil, U.S. officials said it would deliver a most effective blow to Russiaโs economy, undermining its greatest revenue source.
Cyprus labors to shield reputation amid new US, UK action on Russian 'sanctions evasion network'
For Cypriots, it was a collective "here we go again" moment: In April, the U.S. and the U.K. included a handful of Cypriot nationals and Cyprus-registered companies on a list of โenablersโ helping Russian oligarchs skirt sanctions.
Deluge from ruptured Ukrainian dam is latest tragedy for Kherson residents since Russian invasion
Defiant as ever, many residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson who faced months of Russian occupation followed by months of Russian shelling are sticking it out after floodwaters from a ruptured dam upstream on the Dnieper River gushed through their streets and homes.
Citizens embark on chaotic scramble to escape floodwaters after Ukraine dam breach
Dozens of evacuees on an island in the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of military trucks to flee rising floodwaters caused by the breach of a dam upstream, as shelling in a war zone separating Ukrainian and Russian forces echoed overhead.
A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina
Anastasia Domini and wife Anna are part of an increasing number of Russians from the LGBTQ+ community who have decided to leave their homeland to escape discrimination and settle in Argentina, where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade.
Who's behind the attack on a Russian region on the border with Ukraine?
Russia alleges that dozens of Ukrainian militants crossed into one of its border towns in its Belgorod region, striking targets and forcing an evacuation, before over 70 of the attackers were killed or pushed back by a counterterrorism operation.
African leaders to broach thorny issue of paying Russia for fertilizers in Kyiv and Moscow talks
A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to โinitiate a peace processโ but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs, a key mediator in the talks said.