Human rights watchdog reports that Russian security services were granted authority to send individuals to pre-trial detention centres without criminal charges or a court ruling following the start

A Ukrainian negotiator has said Vladimir Putin’s war funds may be running out soon - Ukraine also said Russian strikes have continued after Putin proposed a ceasefire

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Child among 13 killed as Putin’s forces attack Kyiv and other cities overnight - Major attack comes just hours after Putin's forces hit Ukraine with more than 380 drones and

It’s now been over four years since Vladimir Putin launched the attack he expected to conquer Ukraine in a week — and unexpectedly created a high-tech military juggernaut that continues to humiliate him.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the Kremlin's clampdown on Telegram could signal looming "unpopular decisions."

Hungary’s new prime minister has told Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Péter Magyar said he would not be calling Donald Trump, the US president, and Putin, the Russian

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv says Moscow has violated Easter ceasefire 469 times including ambulance strike - Putin and Zelensky have agreed to honour a 32-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Easter, but

The Iran war has been an economic windfall for Russia, pushing oil prices sky-high and loosening sanctions. But if the Russian economy is having a brief respite, the battering of Iran by the United States and Israel marks yet another in a series of recent blows to the great-power role President Vladimir Putin so cherishes.