No breakthrough is reported at the first three-way talks but reports suggest they will resume next month.

Thousands of people are affected when heating plants are targeted by Russian forces.

Canada has been boosting its forces in the Arctic in the face of new threats - and US concerns

Donald Trump is pushing hard for a peace deal - but major issues between Russia and Ukraine are still unresolved, writes Sarah Rainsford.

It's the first time representatives from Kyiv, Moscow and Washington have come together since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The meeting came as US envoy Steve Witkoff headed to Moscow for a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Seven Muslim-majority countries accept an invitation to Trump's new organisation, while Russia's Putin says he's considering joining.

Parts of Kamchatka Peninsula have been buried under its heaviest snowfall in 60 years, as scientists say the winter blast could be due to climate change.

KYIV, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Collecting snow for water at home; sleeping in gloves, coats and hats; heating bricks on gas stoves for warmth; erecting tents indoors - Kyiv residents are doing everything they can to survive the coldest, darkest winter of the war

MOSCOW, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drone fragments ignited a fire at the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, but nobody was hurt, there was no damage, and the fire is now out, a local emergencies centre said early on Wednesday

President Zelensky says Russia has started using "far more" ballistic missiles in its attacks on Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Britain should no longer be called Great Britain as it was the only country in the world to officially name itself "Great"

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that plans floated by Moldova's president to hold a referendum on reunification with Romania would be destructive to Moldovan statehood

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a U.S

Jan 20 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump he did not understand what the U.S. President was "doing on Greenland," and offered to host a G7 meeting inviting Russia and others, according to a screenshot of the messages Trump posted online

The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg analyses why pro-Russian government papers are full of praise for Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland.

The Kremlin called Trump's threats to take over Greenland "extraordinary" on Friday, adding that Moscow will continue to closely monitor the situation.

The foreign secretary called on allies to "double down" and unite around the shared threat of Russian aggression.

The US, China and Russia all have interests in Central Africa

The man has been stripped of his accreditation and must leave within two weeks, says Russia's foreign ministry.

KYIV, Jan 15 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva arrived in Kyiv early on Thursday for high-level talks, two sources familiar with the matter said, as Ukraine prepares to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24

The prospect of another ally falling in the Middle East will be a worrying one for Moscow, particularly after it has seen other alliances collapse recently

The U.S

The foreign secretary promised more "assertive action" to tackle sanction-busting oil tankers in Russias shadow fleet.

U.S. President Donald Trump said NATO should be leading the way for us to get it and that otherwise Russia or China would AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

MOSCOW, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Russia has detained the chief doctor and acting head of the intensive care unit at a Siberian maternity hospital after the deaths of nine newborn babies, investigators said on Wednesday

KYIV, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Russian forces launched the year's most intense wave of missile attacks on Ukraine early on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring several others, while emergency power cuts were imposed in Kyiv after damage to infrastructure

Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.

Existing law could be used to approve the use of military force to stop sanction-busting ships operated by Russia and Iran.

Jan 11 (Reuters) - The British government said on Sunday that it will develop a new deep-strike ballistic missile for Ukraine to support the country's war efforts against Russia

We will do it "the easy way" or "the hard way", he said, but Denmark says the territory is not for sale.

Trump said that if the U.S. doesn't take action on Greenland, "Russia or China will take over" the Danish island territory.

The European Union's top foreign policy envoy said Russian President Vladimir Putins reply to diplomacy was more missiles and destruction.

It is only the second time Moscow has deployed the hypersonic ballistic missile, which was first used to hit Dnipro in November.

Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Russian military said it had fired its hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in Ukraine in response to what it described as an attempted Ukrainian drone strike on one of President Vladimir Putin's residences, something Kyiv has called a lie

The Kremlin has not commented on Trump's Greenland ambitions, with analysts saying they serve a bigger purpose for Moscow

As a cornerstone of any post-war settlement,Ukraine has sought strong guarantees which commit the U.S. and other Western allies to come to Ukraine's aid if Russia invades again.

The seized ship, now named Marinera, is just one that Russia has reflagged to join its "dark" fleet.

The comments come after the UK and France said they would deploy troops to Ukraine if a peace deal with Russia is agreed.

Russia is reflagging sanctioned vessels involved in the Venezuelan oil trade, quickly growing its dark fleet.

PARIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The United States for the first time on Tuesday backed a broad coalition of Ukraine's allies in vowing to provide security guarantees that leaders said would include binding commitments to support the country if Russia attacks again

KYIV, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. and Ukrainian officials discussed "some ideas" to address the issue of territory during peace talks to end Russia's war on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, describing the matter as the biggest remaining obstacle in the process

TEHRAN - For years, European leaders have spoken of Russia as the singular threat to Europes security

The talks are held as Russia continues attacking Ukraine's energy sector and under the shadow of US threats to annex Greenland.

PARIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine's allies meet in Paris on Tuesday, seeking to finalise as much as possible their contributions to future security guarantees to reassure Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, diplomats and officials said

Russia and China condemned the United States at a UN Security Council meeting, accusing Washington of committing crimes and bullying in Venezuela

While Moscow initially condemned U.S

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not believe that an alleged Ukrainian strike on President Vladimir Putin's residencetook place as claimed by Russia

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine has targeted Moscow with drones every day of 2026 so far, according to data published by Russia's Defence Ministry, in what appeared to mark an escalation from earlier, more sporadic attacks on the Russian capital

Kyrylo Budanov has led the Hur military intelligence, which has claimed a number of highly-effective strikes against Russia.

Ukraine says it only conducts strikes against military targets and adheres to international law.

Russia accused Ukraine of killing at least 24 people, including a child,in a drone strikeon a hotel and cafe, while Kyiv said there had been another attack on its power supplies.

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The BBC's Russia editor speaks to people in the country as the war in Ukraine nears a fourth year.

It comes as Russia releases video which it claims shows a downed Ukrainian drone launched at one of Putin's residences

TEHRAN Russia has expressed serious concern over statements made by US President Donald Trump during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus visit to the United States regarding potential new military strikes against Iran, urging US and Israeli officials to refrain from escalating tensions with Iran.

Russia's defence ministry released video footage on Wednesday of what it said was a downed drone used to attack a presidential residence.

Police arrested 14 crew members on the ship sailing from St Petersburg, Russia, to the Israeli port of Haifa.

GOA - At a time when global discourse is saturated with managed outrage and selective morality, certain crises are rendered invisible not because they lack consequence, but because they expose uncomfortable truths about power

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Russia's top general said its forces were pressing forward in northeastern Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin had ordered expansion of territory Moscow calls a buffer zone there in 2026, Russian news agencies said on Wednesday

Dec 30 (Reuters) - Russia released video on Tuesday of what it said was the deployment of its nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in close ally Belarus, a move meant to boost Moscow's ability to strike targets across Europe in the event of a war

U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker cast doubt on Tuesday on Russias accusation that Ukraine attacked President Vladimir Putins residence.