More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border.

Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine - Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its ...

A ‘100-day plan' for ending the war between Ukraine and Russia has suggested the long-running conflict could be over in just ...

Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main ...

Russia on Friday claimed it had captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and ...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that a Russian bomb destroyed the school building "even though dozens of civilians were there". The school is located in a part of Kursk held by Ukrainian ...

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However, the reporting by the popular news outlet accused of being Russia-leaning ... The alleged road map suggests that a preliminary phone call between Mr Trump and Vladimir Putin could happen ...

Russia on Friday claimed it had captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and ...