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A high ranking Russian general has been killed in Moscow after a device hidden in an electric scooter exploded as he was walking past.

Human Rights Watch claims that Polish authorities have been “unlawfully, and sometimes violently, forcing people trying to enter the country back to Belarus”.

Donald Trump has endless belief in his own ability to do deals, but it’s not clear that he understands what’s at stake for Ukraine.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and guests talk about how the Ukraine-Russia war is escalating, in this episode of The Political Fourcast.

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.