Putin used his speech to tie Russia's three-year war in Ukraine to the war against Nazi Germany 80 years ago.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Friday announced a package of sanctions aimed at Russia, including placing asset freezes on several directors of oil trading company Coral Energy Group, which is now known as 2Rivers Group

(Reuters) - Russia hit eight Ukrainian settlements near a frontline 220 times during ceasefire, governor of the Zaporizhzhia region Ivan Fedorov said on the Telegram messaging platform early on Friday

The BBC's Yogita Limaye went to the Donetsk region of Ukraine to speak to soldiers about life on the frontline

Ukrainehas said it is ready to accept a U.S. proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire, while Russia has proposed only a three-day ceasefire but has continued to attack Ukraine.

The BBCs Laura Bicker explains what to look out for during the Chinese leader's state visit to Russia.

Ukrainian lawmakers also unanimously approveda landmark minerals dealwith the U.S

A three-day truce was called by Vladimir Putin ahead of Russia's World War Two Victory Day celebrations.

Some 350 flights are affected in Moscow and other cities, as Russia claims shooting down 524 Ukrainian drones.

Russia is expected to begin a self-declared three-day pause in fighting against Ukraine on Wednesday night.

'World Cup can be incentive for Russia to end war', says Trump

US President Donald Trump says playing at the 2026 World Cup could be an incentive for Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

Former US President Joe Biden talks Trump, Russia and US-Europe relations with the BBC's Today programme.

Russia is gearing up to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched an intense drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing a mother and her son in the capital, amid faltering U.S.-backed attempts to broker a pause in the fighting

The European Union vowed to end energy relations with Russia after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Putin on April 28 declared a three-day ceasefire to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries do not expect any major new restrictions in the next package of sanctions against Russia, which the Commission is due to share with member states on Tuesday afternoon, EU diplomats said

Kyiv says it struck a drone command centre in border village and insists forces remain inside Russian region

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's air defence units shot down 42 of 116 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack that hit the regions of Sumy and Donetsk, the military said on Monday

Last year was the deadliest for Russian forces since the start of the full-scale war with at least 45,287 killed.

(Reuters) -Russia launched a mass drone attack late on Friday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, hitting a high-rise apartment block, triggering fires and injuring 46 people, officials said

The US vice-president says it is still up to Russia and Ukraine to end the "brutal" conflict.

What does it tell us about shifting global alliances?

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) - President Donald Trump says his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican on Saturday went well and said the next few days will prove if there was progress in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine under the order of leader Kim Jong Un and made an important contribution to the liberation of Russian territory occupied by Ukraine

Giving up the land that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 is also politically and legally impossible, according to experts.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian military commander has told President Vladimir Putin that "the scattered remnants" of the Ukrainian army remaining in Russia's Kursk region will soon be destroyed, the state RIA news agency reported on Sunday

Ukraine denies Russian claims it has been forced out of the border region.

The FSB say they detained a "Ukrainian special services agent"

President Donald Trump's Truth Social post comes as he ramps up pressure on Russia and Ukraine to strike a deal to end their war.

All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russias Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion.

As Russia and the US seek to repair ties, could they secure a peace deal acceptable to Ukraine, asks Steve Rosenberg.

Vladimir Putin's aide says the two discussed the possibility of Russia and Ukraine resuming direct talks.

According to polling, Canadians say their relationship with the United States has sunk to levels comparable to that of Russia and China, and citing Trump's actions.

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC that Ukraine may have to give up land as part of a peace deal with Russia

Trump earlier said that 'Crimeawill stay with Russia,' the latest example of how he has been pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war as the country is under siege.

KYIV (Reuters) - You'll receive a generous salary, a bumper bonus and an interest-free loan to buy a home

The Foreign Office says Russia was "buying harmless goods and turning them into tools of war".

Nine people were killed and dozens more injured in Russia's deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv since last July

Volodymyr Zelensky is on a historic visit to South Africa to counter Russia's influence on the continent.

'There is nothing to talk about it is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,' Zelenskyy said in response to suggestions that he should hand over Crimea to Russia.

Plans for the evacuation of Vilnius were published as fears over Russia's military ambitions continue to grow

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff are no longer attending the talks.

(Reuters) - Russia's drone attack on the city of Marhanets in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region killed seven people and injured six others, the regional governor said on social media on Wednesday

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S., Ukrainian and European officials meet in London on Wednesday to discuss ending Russia's war in Ukraine but chances of any breakthrough look slim after most foreign ministers pulled out despite U.S

The Russian president's proposal is the first signal of bilateral talks since the early days of the war.

(Reuters) -Russia launched missiles and drones targeting Ukraine early on Monday, waking up Kyiv and the eastern half of the country, hours after the one-day Easter ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin came to an end

Kyiv reports many cases of Russian shelling, while Moscow speaks of Ukrainian drone attacks during a truce that has now expired.

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine proposes that Russia abandon drone and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure for at least 30 days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it would welcome the extension beyond Sunday of a one-day Easter ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin even as the Kremlin said earlier there was no order for an extension

Zelenskyy said that Russia must fully adhere to the ceasefire conditions and reiterated Ukraine's offer to extend the truce for 30 days, starting midnight Sunday.

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating a 30-hour truce, but it comes as diplomatic efforts pick up, Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg writes.

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a faithful backer of the Russian leader and an advocate for the war in Ukraine

(Reuters) -A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency reported on Sunday

Sunday's front pages include stories on Russia being accused of breaking an Easter truce it proposed in Ukraine.

(Reuters) - Britain has urged Russia to commit to a full ceasefire in Ukraine, "not just a one-day pause", its foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Saturday reacted cautiously to Russian President Vladimir Putin's declaration of a unilateral 30-hour Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, saying Moscow could stop the war immediately if it wanted to

, (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia conducted a swap of more than 500 prisoners of war on Saturday, the latest in a series of exchanges since Russia launched a full-scale invasion more than three years ago

According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6 p.m

(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 71 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday

(Reuters) -Kyiv forces hit Russia's Kursk region that borders Ukraine with dozens of drones, killing an elderly woman, injuring nine people and sparking fries in several buildings in the region's administrative centre, Russian authorities said on Tuesday