Vladímir Putin

Putin, who is in St. Petersburg for a summit of African leaders, praised the “heroism” with which Russian soldiers repelled Ukrainian attacks

With no gas or water and bombs falling from overhead, the great Russian invasion has aggravated the situation in many towns in eastern Ukraine, where the war has been going on for a decade

The receding waterline following the June destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam brings to light dozens of artifacts

In remarks at the opening of a three-day food summit, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres lamented that there are already negative effects on global wheat and corn prices

Ibrahim Mohamed, an Egyptian-American, is the only foreigner left in a hostel next to the cathedral attacked by Russia on Sunday. Here, backpackers have given way to local refugees during the war

At least one person was killed and 22 others wounded in the attack in the early hours of Sunday

This week, Russia has attacked Ukrainian ports key to sending grain to the world and declared large swaths of the Black Sea dangerous for shipping

Kremlin’s forces are expanding their targets following three days of bombardment of the region’s Black Sea port infrastructure

Igor Strelkov, who led Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014, argued a total mobilization is needed for victory in the current war

A decade ago, 75% of visitors to the Black Sea commercial and tourist capital were Russian. Now the city is the main target of Moscow’s bombs

Russia has targeted Ukrainian critical grain export infrastructure since it vowed “retribution” this week for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge between Russia and the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula

Moscow has launched attacks on grain infrastructure in Odesa after ending export pact and as ‘retaliation’ for latest strike on the Kerch Bridge, a key element in Russia’s supply lines

Messaging app channels linked to Prigozhin’s Wagner private military company said he spoke to his troops at a field camp in Belarus and ran a blurry video purported to show him speaking there

The decision means South Africa will not have to face the dilemma of whether it should act on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Russian leader

Dima, 16, left his hometown on the peninsula occupied by Moscow since 2014 for fear of being forced to fight with Russian troops against Ukrainians

Daniel Ortega’s regime is close to Moscow and has an autocratic track record; it prevented a unanimous statement on the invasion, but the Central American nation stands alone

The largest, SLB, maintained and even grew its business after others eventually departed

The Russian Defense Ministry said it destroyed facilities preparing ‘terror attacks’ against Russia involving maritime drones, as well as Ukrainian fuel depots

The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed 32.9 million metric tons of grain to be exported from Ukraine since last August

Belaruski Hajun, a Belarusian activist group that monitors troop movements in Belarus, said a convoy of more than 100 vehicles carrying Russian flags and Wagner insignia entered the country on Monday

It’s the end of an accord that the U.N. and Turkey brokered to allow food to leave the Black Sea region after Russia invaded its neighbor

Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the strike was carried out by two Ukrainian maritime drones. The attack was the second major strike on the bridge since October, when a truck bomb blew up two of its sections

In his first comments on the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine from the U.S., the Russian president said that Moscow has not used cluster bombs in its war in Ukraine so far

After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the biochemist escaped Russia and joined the National Cancer Research Center in Madrid to find a cure for pancreatic cancer

The Kremlin earlier this month suggested that it was open to a possible prisoner exchange that could involve Evan Gershkovich, but it underscored that such talks must be held out of the public eye

Popov was the commander of the 58th army fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region, which is a focal point of Ukraine’s counteroffensive

The move follows the private army’s brief rebellion last month that challenged the Kremlin’s authority