Russia

Putin on our doorstep: Ukrainians watch as the frontline edges closer

Russian forces are advancing in the country’s eastern regions, but the recent arrival of US arms could help turn the tide

Luke Harding in Hrodivka. Photographs by Alessio Mamo

04, May, 2024 @4:56 PM

Europe must find a way to help fund the fight against Putin – for its own sake

Reticence over the seizure of Russian state assets in Europe betrays a fatal underestimation of the threat Moscow poses

Phillip Inman

04, May, 2024 @4:00 PM

The Guardian view on Patriarch Kirill’s religious war in Ukraine: betraying the faith | Editorial

Editorial: With talk of ‘holy’ conflict, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church is bringing the institution he heads into disrepute

Editorial

03, May, 2024 @5:03 PM

Germany summons Russian envoy over 2023 cyber-attacks

Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sector

Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

03, May, 2024 @4:42 PM

Russia-Ukraine war: Lithuania hits out at Russia ‘disinformation’ over spy claims – as it happened

Russia had said that a Ukrainian agent had entered country from Lithuania with the aim of targeting a fuel facility

Tom Ambrose

03, May, 2024 @2:57 PM

US confirms Russian forces deployed to same Niger airbase as American troops

Russians in separate compound and do not have access to US forces or equipment, says defence secretary

Eromo Egbejule and agencies

03, May, 2024 @1:00 PM

Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainians ‘have the right to strike inside Russia’, says David Cameron

France’s Macron stands firm on potentially sending troops; sanctions on Russian gas leave Gazprom with record annual loss. What we know on day 800

Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies

03, May, 2024 @12:06 AM

David Cameron commits £3bn a year in aid to Ukraine ‘for as long as necessary’

The foreign secretary called the conflict ‘the challenge of our generation’ after making second trip to Kyiv to meet Zelenskiy

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

02, May, 2024 @9:07 PM

Gazprom slumps to first annual loss in 22 years as trade with Europe hit

£5.5bn loss in 2023 comes after gas sales more than halved following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Guardian staff and agency

02, May, 2024 @5:54 PM

‘I wanted to take my life’: Brittney Griner talks about detention in Russian prison

Brittney Griner said she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges

Andrew Roth

02, May, 2024 @3:21 PM

‘Like taking a shovel to your brain’: dark fairytale game Indika takes aim at the Russian Orthodox church

Creative director and writer Dmitry Svetlov explains how his religious upbringing shaped this game about a nun with a rebellious streak

Lewis Gordon

02, May, 2024 @9:00 AM

The fight for full press freedom in Ukraine: ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’

Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment

Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

02, May, 2024 @4:00 AM

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