#Russian

Suspected Russia-trained spy whale reappears off Sweden’s coast

Beluga whale was first spotted in Norway wearing a harness marked ‘Equipment St Petersburg’ in 2019A beluga whale that turned up in Norway wearing a harness in 2019, prompting speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian navy, has reappeared off Sweden’s coast.First discovered in Norway’s...

Russia launch morning missile strikes on Kyiv after overnight barrage

Residents run for shelter during attack that appears to have been part of effort to exhaust air defencesUkraine war – latest news updatesRussian forces have launched an intense and unusual daytime missile barrage at Kyiv, forcing residents to flee to bomb shelters, in what appears to be an effort...

Ukraine Repels Large Russian Drone Attack on Kyiv

More than 40 drones were intercepted over Kyiv, where city officials said at least one person had been killed, probably by falling debris....

Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘We haven’t started yet to act very seriously,’ says Kremlin ambassador – as it happened to UK

Andrei Kelin tells BBC: ‘It is an idealistic mistake to think that Ukraine will prevail’What we know on day 459 of the invasionThe death toll from a Russian missile attack on a clinic in Dnipro has risen from two to four people, according to the region’s governor.In a post on Telegram, Serhii...

US ‘ready to fight in space if we have to’, says military official

Threat posed by ‘provocative’ Russia and China has left US no choice but to prepare for orbital skirmishesThe US is ready for conflict in outer space, according to a senior military official, after developing anti-satellite technologies to counter the threats posed by “provocative” countries...

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 459 of the invasion

Man killed in Kyiv as Russia launches large drone attack; Russian ambassador to UK says Moscow has ‘yet to act very seriously’See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageExplosions shook the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday. A 41-year-old man was killed by falling debris of Russian dron...

EU steps up support for Moldova with leaders due to attend summit

Meeting of European Political Community in Chișinău will show solidarity in face of Russian threatThe EU is stepping up support for Moldova as 46 EU and European leaders descend on its capital in a show of financial and political solidarity in the face of the threat from Russia.Nestled between Ukr...

Ukraine built more onshore wind turbines in past year than England

Revelation about war-torn country is ‘terrible indictment’ of UK government, says Ed Miliband Ukraine has completed more onshore wind turbines than England since it was occupied by Russian soldiers – despite the UK’s government’s promise to relax restrictions on onshore wind farms.Only two...

Kamala Harris becomes first woman to give West Point commencement speech

Vice-president addresses graduating cadets at elite US military academy and warns of threats of Russian and Chinese aggressionVice-President Kamala Harris on Saturday became the first woman at West Point’s 221-year history to deliver a commencement speech.Addressing over 900 graduating cadets at t...

Defeat would leave Russia brutal and vindictive even if Putin ‘disappeared’, says RAF chief – as it happened

Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston says Russian threat to UK could get worse if Putin was ousted. This blog is now closed ‘The intensity is increasing’: Ukraine says first steps in counteroffensive have begunDay 458 of Russia’s war against UkraineRussian forces have temporarily eased their at...

Ukraine’s Top Commander Signals Counteroffensive Could Be Imminent

A blunt statement, accompanied by a slickly produced video of Ukrainian troops preparing for battle, appeared designed to rally the nation and to spread anxiety among Russian forces....

‘The intensity is increasing’: Ukraine says first steps in counteroffensive have begun

Presidential adviser says supply lines and depots already being destroyed as preliminary operations get under way• Russia-Ukraine war – latest updatesPreliminary operations have already begun to pave the way for a counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces, a Ukrainian presidential advise...

Russian Missile Strike Hits Ukrainian Hospital

A Russian missile killed at least two people and wounded dozens more at a hospital, while apparent Ukrainian strikes hit occupied cities in the south....

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 458 of the invasion

Toll from Russian missile attack on Dnipro rises to two; Medvedev says conflict could last decades; Blinken to visit Finland, Sweden and NorwaySee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe death toll from a Russian missile attack on an outpatient clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen...

For Ukraine Military, Far-Right Russian Volunteers Make for Worrisome Allies

Some fighters who led an incursion into Russian territory this week have neo-Nazi ties. “I worry that something like this could backfire on Ukraine because these are not ambiguous people.”...

Russia-Ukraine war live: two dead and 30 injured in Russian attack on Dnipro clinic – as it happened

Zelenskiy says rocket attack on Friday morning hit medical facility after night of heavy bombardment across countryWhat we know on day 457 of the invasionUkraine struck two regions in southern Russia with a rocket and a drone, though the missile was shot down by air defences, according to Russian of...

Russian Public Appears to Be Souring on War Casualties, Analysis Shows

Support for the war in Ukraine remains high but could potentially turn if concern over the high numbers of casualties persists, according to FilterLabs AI....

Russian attack on outpatient clinic in Dnipro kills two people

Volodymyr Zelenskiy describes missile strike as a crime against humanity after 30 people are injuredA Russian missile strike on an outpatient clinic in the city of Dnipro has killed two people and injured 30, in what ​President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as a crime against humanity.In the lates...

Russian forces blow up a dam, in the latest apparent use of flooding as a tactic of war.

Two killed in 'Russian air strike' on Ukrainian health clinic and vets

At least two people have been killed after a Russian missile strike hit a health clinic and a veterinary building in eastern Ukraine, officials have said....

Russian weapons manufacturers hosted at Saudi trade event

Companies with direct links to Russian military set to attend, which is likely to heighten tensions with USRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesSeven sanctioned Russian companies, including a manufacturer of military helicopters deployed in the war in Ukraine, are visiting Saudi Arabia next wee...

Meet Diia: the Ukrainian app used to do taxes … and report Russian soldiers

Awarding-winning app initially aimed at helping people access public services is now used for wartime effortsRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesIt is the award-winning app that allows Ukrainians to report Russian soldiers in their neighbourhoods while also uploading their tax returns, renewin...

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 457 of the invasion

One killed and 15 injured at medical facility in Dnipro after night of missile and drone attacks launched by Russia at Kyiv and other regionsVolodymyr Zelenskiy announced that one person has been killed and 15 injured in a Russian attack Friday on a medical facility in the city of Dnipro. In his mes...

Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Say They'll Pull Out of Bakhmut

After seizing the city in eastern Ukraine after a long, brutal fight, the Wagner mercenary force is turning it over to the depleted Russian Army to defend....

US imposes sanctions on leader of Wagner group in Mali

Private army led by Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov accused of acquiring weaponry for use in UkraineThe United States has imposed sanctions on the head of the Wagner group in Mali, accusing the Russian private army of using the country as a conduit for arms and military equipment for Moscow’s war in Uk...

Wagner boss says his mercenaries handing over control of Bakhmut to Russian troops

The head of the Wagner Group says his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut and are handing over control to the Russian military....

Kremlin critic Bill Browder says he was targeted by deepfake hoax video call

Anti-corruption campaigner says he was asked bizarre questions on call apparently with former Ukrainian presidentThe Kremlin critic Bill Browder has said he was targeted by a deepfake hoax when he participated in a bizarre video call this week with somebody impersonating the former Ukrainian preside...

UK to keep Kremlin assets frozen until Russia pays compensation to Ukraine

Council of Europe has established digital register of damage as first step towards compensation mechanismBritain is likely to keep Russian state assets immobilised for some time after the war in Ukraine ends, and certainly until Moscow has agreed to pay compensation for the damage it has inflicted,...

Russia-Ukraine war: Belarus says transfer of nuclear weapons from Russia has begun – as it happened

This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereOvernight the New York Times has reported that US intelligence officials believe that Ukraine was responsible for the drone attack which slightly damaged the Kremlin, and which Russia labelled an assassination attempt on Vladimir Put...

Dutch prosecutors seize land owned by Vladimir Putin’s former son-in-law

Exclusive: Jorrit Faassen, previously married to Putin’s elder daughter, is said to have been questioned over sanctions evasionDutch prosecutors have seized a plot of land near Amsterdam that belongs to Vladimir Putin’s former son-in-law, a joint investigation by the Guardian and two other media...