Vladimir Putin remains committed to the Ukraine invasion, viewing it as his life's work, despite mounting Russian losses and recruitment challenges, according to a Moscow-based defence analyst.

I don’t believe there is anyone in this country whose primary concern is anything other than an end to military hostilities as soon as possible,” he said.

For second time in 4 days, Russia targets Kyiv with mass missile attack, killing at least 23 * Russia’s largest oil refinery in flames as Ukraine strikes Omsk, 2,500 km

Dozens of Russian spies banished from Western capitals after the start of the Ukraine war have turned up in Japan, according to intelligence officials.

Russia has insisted it has no plans to launch an armed attack on a NATO member, dismissing these concerns as "nonsense."

New initiative to focus ‘100%’ on damaging Moscow’s ability to wage war; strikes on Kyiv injure six. What we know on day 1,599

The International Olympic Committee has provisionally lifted the 2023 suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee, allowing Russian athletes to participate in the next Olympics, despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the IOC's own principles of peace and human dignity.

This is no longer a war of swift manoeuvres. It is a war of attrition’ - Oleg Palchyk/via A growing number of Western analysts now argue that Russia has effectively lost the war. They point to Ukraine’s successful strikes on logistics,

With Ukraine's drone campaign strangling Russia's fuel supply, Western institutions have mapped Putin's remaining escalation options below the nuclear threshold — from cable-cutting and airspace provocations to a deniable incursion on NATO's flank.