With Western leaders seemingly pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine, Russia's leader Vladimir Putin is showing no sign of stopping the fighting after its latest wave of attacks

Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

President Vladimir Putin joined mourners on Thursday to say farewell to his former classmate Irina Podnosova, the head of Russia's Supreme Court, who died earlier this week aged 71.

Putin’s war of attrition could go on until 2034, Ukrainian general warns - Former top commander says frontline between Ukraine and Russia ‘exists mainly for killing’

Russia's lower chamber of parliament, the State Duma, put forward a bill on Tuesday that, if passed, would expand Russia's seasonal draft into a year-round event.

The Kremlin has commented on the possibility of a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this summer, Russia's Presidential Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says.

The expert warns that Russia envisions undermining NATO's "network-centric approach to war" by targeting the C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and space systems on which the organisation's forces depend.

Vladimir Putin's crackdown on corruption and opposition to his war in Ukraine has seen a number of Kremlin officials die in suspicious circumstances