A total of 1,000 Kenyans have reportedly been recruited to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Hungary has accused Ukraine of disrupting oil supplies it gets from Russia and has stationed troops at critical energy facilities across the country.

The incident comes at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Havana.

Russia's announcement comes as Ukraine's top negotiator met US peace envoys in Geneva.

MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday that an incident with a Florida-registered speedboat off the coast of Cuba was an 'aggressive provocation by the United States' aimed at escalating the situation and triggering a conflict, state-owned TASS news agency reported

KYIV, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones last night, causing damage to residential buildings and injuring about 20 people in the eastern and southern regions, local authorities said on Thursday

Paul Hughes, who shares stories and images of the war on social media, has been distributing humanitarian aid since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine four years ago

In front of Ukrainian ambassador Andrii Plakhotniuk, Anand announced the renewal of Operation Unifier, a military training mission launched in 2014.

WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Four years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.N

Events were held across Ukraine to mark four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Tuesday marks the four-year mark of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, which has been Europe's biggest conflict since World War II

Russia stepped up its effort to assert authority over the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday, announcing in a state-run newspaper that billionaire founder Pavel Durov is being investigated in a criminal case involving accusations of assisting terrorism, Reuters reported.

The men believed they were going to Russia for training as bodyguards but ended up on the front line.

How Russia's gradual gains in the face of fierce Ukrainian opposition have affected the front line in recent months.

KYIV, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Ukraine will not betray the sacrifices made by its people in four years of war just to make peace with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Tuesday, as divisions among his key allies overshadowed commemorations of the start of the conflict

KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Ukrainian tank platoon commander Valentyn Bohdanov remembers a time earlier in Russia's war when heavy armour fought pitched battles like boxers trading punches in the ring

Four years of war have discouraged Ukrainian and Russian women from having children, and that could impact their economies in the future.

Sergiy Kyslytsya is among those trying to negotiate an end to the conflict, which is entering its fifth year.

Russia hoped to overthrow Ukraine's pro-Western government, but Moscow's war has dragged on for more than three years.

Steve Rosenberg reports on the economic consequences of Russia's war, and how people are coping.

KYIV, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Russia attacked Ukraine with dozens of strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, focusing on energy infrastructure, the Ukrainian military and local officials said on Sunday

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has shared views on the latest regional and international developments regarding Irans nuclear talks with the United States in separate phone conversations with his opposite numbers from Russia, Egypt and Qatar.

TEHRAN - The joint naval exercise of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation has come to an end with the departure of the Russian Navys helicopter carrier.

Six Ukrainian men and women in uniform reveal how Russia's invasion in 2022 has changed them

In the remote village of Sedanka in Russia's Far East, almost all of its fighting-age men have left to join the Ukraine war.

It comes shortly after Vice President JD Vance accused Iran of failing to address core U.S

Investigators call the recruitment a well-organised trafficking ring involving immigration staff and security agencies.

His comments come as the Caribbean island nation grapples with a worsening economic crisis.

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview made public on Wednesday, said that any new U.S

KYIV, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine imposed sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday, vowing to "increase countermeasures" against Minsk for its wartime assistance to Russia

The second day of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia ended after just two hours.

TEHRAN Iran and Russia will begin a joint naval drill in the northern Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman on Thursday.

TEHRAN Iran and Russia have steadily deepened their ties over the past decade, driven by geographic proximity, overlapping regional interests, and a shared sense of pressure from Western policies that threaten their national security and economic stability.

Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US aimed at ending Moscow's war in Ukraine have concluded without a breakthrough, the BBC reported

Geopolitics will be the main theme of the day, with markets watching the high-stakes talks between the U.S. and Iran, as well as Ukraine and Russia.

GENEVA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia were due to begin a second day of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the United States was putting undue pressure on him to bring an end to the four-year-old war

Russia's economy is hanging between stagnation and decline, and ordinary Russians are beginning to feel the pinch.

Negotiations will continue on Wednesday, but expectations for a breakthrough on ending the war are low.

TEHRAN - Russia, China and Iran have deployed naval vessels for joint exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev announced on Tuesday.

Six Russian and four Belarusian athletes will compete under their nations' flags at the upcoming Winter Paralympics.

MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Air defence systems shot down 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, the TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing the Russian defence ministry

GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Representatives of Ukraine and Russia will meet in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday for a fresh round of U.S.-mediated peace talks that the Kremlin says are likely to focus on land, the main sticking point

Showman Tyson Fury says he is "coming back to make boxing great again" as he prepares to fight Russia's Arslanbek Makhmudov in April.

The aftermath following the UK saying Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a frog toxin continues to lead a number of today's papers

Ghana has called on Russia to extradite the man, who is accused of recording sexual encounters without consent.

The foreign secretary said the UK would "continue to look at co-ordinated action, including increasing sanctions on the Russian regime".

LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Five European allies on Saturday blamed Russia for killing late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs while he was held in an Arctic penal colony two years ago, a claim Moscow rejected as propaganda

TEHRAN - The ambassadors of Iran, Russia, and China to international organizations in Vienna have held another round of talks on the latest developments related to Irans nuclear program.

There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says.

Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet depicts fellow athletes who have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country.

WhatsApp on Thursday said Russia had attempted to "fully block" its service, with 100 million users affected

The comments came in response to a question about whether Russia was concerned about the Trump administration's tariff threats.

Ukrainian skeleton race Vladyslav Heraskevych has been banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet which features images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his home country.

WhatsApp says the move aims to push its 90 million users in Russia to a "state-owned surveillance app".

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Russia pounded Ukraine with drones and ballistic missiles overnight on Thursday, targeting energy systems and injuring at least seven people in the capital Kyiv, and the cities of Dnipro and Odesa, officials said

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Russia has attempted to "fully block" Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp in the country, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday, as it promotes home-grown platforms and seeks greater control over its internet space

Russia intends to further develop its relations with both Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after U.S

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy assembled his top military officers on Tuesday to discuss shortcomings in air defence and other aspects of protecting civilians from attack nearly four years into Russia's war in Ukraine

Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet showcased pictures of friends killed during Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Nairobi says it has shut down illegal recruiters and will urge Moscow to sign a deal banning conscription.

The French president warns of growing threats from China, Russia and now the US, saying Europe faces a "wake-up call".

The suspects include the alleged gunman, Lyubomir Korba, whom Russia says fled to the UAE after the attack.

A suspect in his 60s has been arrested in Dubai and extradited to Russia for the Moscow shooting of senior GRU officer Vladimir Alekseyev, The Guardian reported Sunday.

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Sunday that the man suspected of shooting top Russian military intelligence officer Vladimir Alexeyev in Moscow has been detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia

The Ukrainian leader says difficult issues remain, as Russia carries out further strikes on energy facilities.

Russian and U.S

Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev is a senior figure in the main directorate of Russia's military general staff.

The shooting came a day after Russian, Ukrainian and U.S