Russia

We are using all the means to defend our country, Ukraine’s defence minister said today – as he declined to comment on reports that Ukraine has used the British made Storm Shadow to target sites inside Russia for the first time. 

Even as reports of the Storm Shadow strikes were emerging, the Defence secretary was in the Commons announcing cuts to naval ships, drones and helicopters.

We spoke to Yaroslav Trofimov, who’s recently published a historical novel set in Ukraine. He is also the Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign correspondent. We asked him why this from Russia and why now?

Explosions were heard across Ukraine overnight in a nationwide Russian missile and drone attack, targeting energy infrastructure throughout the country. 

Ukraine must do everything possible to end the war with Russia next year, through diplomacy, President Zelensky has declared. 

Until now, the warring parties have remained Russia and Ukraine, and the war has not spread. But could the involvement of North Korea change that?

A referendum on EU membership has produced a surprising result, this time in Moldova. Moldovans had been expected to clearly back the government’s plan, but the ‘yes’ camp won by only a fraction of a percentage point.

President Zelenskyy says he has a ‘victory plan’ for Ukraine to win the war against Russia.

The mother of Salisbury poisoning victim Dawn Sturgess has said her family found comfort that she was the only person to be killed by the Russian nerve agent Novichok, as it could have killed thousands.

The family of Dawn Sturgess say the Russian president Vladimir Putin should “look them in the eye” and give evidence at the public inquiry into her death.

The West must not risk being blackmailed by China, as it was by Russia – that’s the lesson from the Ukraine war, warned Jens Stoltenberg in his final speech as Nato secretary general.

Lithuania is currently dismantling an entire power plant, which will be sent, piece by piece, to Ukraine, to boost its supply.

An early morning Russian drone and missile strike has killed seven people in the western city of Lviv.

We spoke to Dr Chietigj Bajpaee – a senior research fellow for South Asia at the Chatham House think tank. We asked him the significance of Modi’s trip to Ukraine.

Last month India’s PM drew condemnation for hugging Vladimir Putin on the day Russia bombed a children’s hospital in Kyiv.