29

Jul

Wagner ready to increase Africa presence, Prigozhin tells local media

 (Reuters) - Russia's Wagner mercenary group is ready to increase its presence in Africa, its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin told an African news outlet in an audio interview published online earlier…

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28

Jul

African leaders press Putin on grain deal and peace plan for Ukraine

By Mark Trevelyan July 28 (Reuters) - African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine war and renew…

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28

Jul

Russia says downs Ukrainian drone near Moscow

July 28 (Reuters) - Russian air defences downed a Ukrainian military drone before it could attack its targets near Moscow on Friday, the RIA news agency cited Russia's defence ministry…

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27

Jul

Odesa region port infrastructure hit by overnight Russian attack -governor

Russia hit port infrastructure in Ukraine's Odesa region in overnight missile attack, killing a security guard and damaging a cargo terminal, the region's governor said on Thursday. Odesa's ports have…

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25

Jul

Russia talks of retaliation after ‘Ukrainian drone strike’ near Moscow army HQ

Russia spoke of taking harsh retaliatory measures against Ukraine after two drones damaged buildings in Moscow early on Monday, including one close to the Defence Ministry's headquarters, in what it…

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24

Jul

Russia attacks Ukraine’s Danube export route in widening air strikes

Russia destroyed Ukrainian grain warehouses on the Danube River and wounded six people in a drone attack on Monday, expanding the target area of an air campaign that it launched…

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23

Jul

Black Sea shipping traffic slowing after Russia, Ukraine warnings

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, (Reuters) - The number of ships looking to pick up grain cargoes from the Black Sea area has fallen 35% this week versus the previous week…

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23

Jul

UPDATED: Putin hosts Lukashenko, says Ukraine counter-offensive has failed

July 23 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine's counteroffensive "has failed" as he hosted Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, his close ally, for talks in St Petersburg on Sunday.…

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23

Jul

Russia to expand number of men liable for compulsory military service

By Caleb Davis Russia will keep compulsory military service for 18-year-olds, state media reported, permanently increasing the number of young men liable to conscription, after lawmakers dropped a proposal not…

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22

Jul

Putin tells Poland any aggression against Belarus is attack on Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia's neighbour and close ally…

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21

Jul

UPDATED: Putin says Moscow would regard any aggression against Belarus as attack on Russia

MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia's neighbour…

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21

Jul

Russian navy rehearses firing rockets in Black Sea after warning to Ukraine

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its Black Sea Fleet had practised firing rockets at surface targets in a live fire exercise, two days after it warned that ships…

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20

Jul

Russia to deem Ukraine-bound ships ‘potential carriers of military cargo’ from Wednesday eve

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it would deem all ships travelling to Ukrainian ports to be potential carriers of military cargo and their flag countries to be parties to the…

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19

Jul

Russia extends eligibility for military call-up by at least five years

 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament on Tuesday extended the maximum age at which men can be mobilised to serve in the army by at least five years - in the case…

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18

Jul

EU condemns Russia’s termination of Ukraine grain deal, vows help

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday called Russia's decision to suspend a Black Sea grain export deal a "cynical move", adding that the EU would continue…

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17

Jul

Kremlin says it won’t cut ties with West, dialogue channels still needed

July 17 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that it knew "very well" that NATO and the United States were providing intelligence to Ukraine but this was not a…

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17

Jul

Warning of powerful solar flare activity on Monday

July 17 (Reuters) - Powerful solar flare activity is forecast for Monday which may interfere with short-wave communications, Russian scientists said after three flares were observed on the sun on…

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16

Jul

Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs and will use them if necessary

July 16 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has a "sufficient stockpile" of cluster bombs and that Moscow reserves the right to use them if such munitions are used against…

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14

Jul

Russia’s Putin snubs Prigozhin, Biden jokes about poison

Putin offered Wagner fighters a future Putin: Wagner no longer exists Putin suggested command change, snubbed Prigozhin Biden on Prigozhin: be careful what you eat By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, July…

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13

Jul

Friction and confusion among Russian leadership since mutiny -U.S. general

By Idrees Ali ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, July 13 (Reuters) - Russia's leadership is suffering a significant amount of "friction and confusion" since the Wagner mercenary group's mutiny last…

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13

Jul

Russian general dismissed after accusing top brass of failing soldiers

MOSCOW, July 13 (Reuters) - A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership about the dire situation at the front in Ukraine…

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13

Jul

Russia intercepts Norwegian plane near border

Russia said it had dispatched a MiG-31 fighter jet on Wednesday to prevent a Norwegian military plane from violating its border over the Barents Sea. The Russian crew identified the…

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12

Jul

Kremlin says Putin trip to China is ‘on the agenda’

This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, July 12 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a visit…

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12

Jul

Kremlin says Western security assurances for Ukraine would be a dangerous mistake

RMOSCOW, July 12 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that security assurances the West is considering for Ukraine would be a dangerous mistake that would impinge on Russia's own…

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12

Jul

Kremlin dismisses Ukraine’s assertion on Wagner seeking nuclear devices

MOSCOW, July 12 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed as misinformation an assertion by Ukrainian military intelligence that members of Russia's Wagner mercenary group had intended to acquire nuclear…

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12

Jul

Russian billionaire Abramovich challenges EU sanctions against him

MOSCOW, July 12 (Reuters) - Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich on Wednesday will challenge European Union sanctions imposed on him after the Ukraine war, arguing that the restrictions were imposed simply…

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12

Jul

Number of houses in village near Moscow on fire

July 12 (Reuters) - A number of houses in the small village of Krivtsovo near Moscow were on fire over an area of 3,200 sq m (34,400 sq ft) early…

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11

Jul

Russian drones attack Kyiv and Odesa hours before NATO summit

Russia launched 28 kamikaze drones on the southern port of Odesa and Kyiv in early hours on Tuesday, Ukraine's military said, just hours before the start of a NATO summit in…

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11

Jul

Russian attack on humanitarian aid point killed five, Ukraine says

The death toll from a Russian attack on a humanitarian aid distribution point in southeastern Ukraine rose to five on Monday, and two people were killed by Russian shelling in…

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11

Jul

NATO allies agree regional plans for defence against Russian attack -sources

NATO allies on Monday reached agreement on regional plans detailing how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack, overcoming a Turkish blockage one day before leaders meet for a…

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10

Jul

Four civilians killed, 11 wounded in Russia strikes on Zaporizhzhia town – Ukraine

Four people died and 11 were injured in Russia's bombing of a residential area of the frontline town of Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region when distribution of humanitarian aid was…

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08

Jul

Russia seeks UN Security Council meeting on Nord Stream blasts

MOSCOW, July 8 (Reuters) - Russia has requested a new meeting of the U.N. Security Council for July 11 to discuss last September's explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, a senior…

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06

Jul

Belarus leader Lukashenko says Prigozhin back in Russia, Wagner deployment unclear

The mutinous head of Russia's Wagner group is no longer in Belarus and it is not clear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday,…

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05

Jul

Putin says Russian economy faring better than expected

By Lidia Kelly July 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said late on Tuesday that the Russian economy was performing better than expected after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reported to him that…

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04

Jul

Prominent female Russian journalist and lawyer brutally attacked in Chechnya

Armed masked men attacked and seriously injured a prominent female Russian journalist and a lawyer in the Russian region of Chechnya on Tuesday morning after forcing their car to stop,…

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04

Jul

Russia says Ukraine attacked Moscow with at least five drones

Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine had attacked Moscow with at least five drones that were all either shot down or jammed, though one of the capital's main airports had…

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04

Jul

EU weighs concession to Russian bank over Black Sea grain deal

The European Union is considering a proposal for the Russian Agricultural Bank to set up a subsidiary to reconnect to the global financial network as a sop to Moscow, the…

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04

Jul

Elections in Russian-controlled Ukraine could be cancelled, official says

Russia's top election official said on Monday that if the situation worsened in four Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine, local elections scheduled there for September would be cancelled. Russia controls just…

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03

Jul

Russian ex-arms dealer freed for Brittney Griner to run for far-right party in local vote

A Russian arms dealer freed last December in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been chosen as the candidate of a far-right party for a seat…

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03

Jul

Putin to attend SCO virtual meeting on July 4, Russian President invited to Cuba

July 3 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a videoconference meeting of the heads of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on July 4, the TASS…

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03

Jul

Russia’s Medvedev says standoff with West to last decades, Ukraine conflict ‘permanent’

Ex-president pessimistic West and Russia can agree Says tensions higher than 1962 Cuban missile crisis Warns of risks of nuclear war, but says talks better Says Moscow cannot accept Ukraine…

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02

Jul

Russian elites trembled as Wagner rebellion took hold

By Guy Faulconbridge, Darya Korsunskaya and Gleb Stolyarov Fears of civil war rose in world's biggest nuclear power Mercenaries posed biggest threat to Putin in 23-year rule 'Anyone with anything…

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01

Jul

CIA director called Kremlin to assure US had no role in aborted mutiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week's aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the United States had no…

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30

Jun

Russian clinics to help patients “overcome” homosexuality and various sexual “mental disorders”

Russian clinics will soon be staffed with sexologists to help patients "overcome" homosexuality and various sexual "mental disorders", a health ministry order said, in the latest Kremlin attack on what…

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30

Jun

Lavrov, asked about failed mutiny aftermath, says Russia always emerges stronger from trouble

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, asked about Russia's stability in the aftermath of a failed mercenary mutiny, said on Friday that his country…

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30

Jun

Wagner merch soars in price after abortive mutiny

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Online prices for merchandise bearing the insignia of Russia's Wagner group - a human skull against a black and red backdrop - have shot up since its…

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30

Jun

UPDATED: Pope warns Ukraine war seems to have “no end” as envoy returns from Moscow

VATICAN CITY, June 30 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Friday there was no apparent end in sight to the war in Ukraine as his peace envoy wrapped up three…

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30

Jun

Russia’s Prigozhin told Wagner Group would no longer fight in Ukraine

MOSCOW  (Reuters) - Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was told that his Wagner group would no longer fight in Ukraine as he had refused to sign contracts to bring his…

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29

Jun

Where are Russia’s top generals? Rumours swirl after mercenary mutiny

By Andrew Osborn Two top Russian generals disappear from public view Their fate is unclear as Putin seeks to reassert authority Mercenary boss had demanded defence minister's removal Yet Sergei…

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29

Jun

Papal envoy to meet Patriarch Kirill in Moscow

MOSCOW, June 29 (Reuters) - Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi and Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, will meet in Moscow on Thursday, the RIA news agency…

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29

Jun

UPDATED: Kremlin refers questions about General Surovikin’s fate to the defence ministry

MOSCOW, June 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday declined to answer questions about Russian General Sergei Surovikin, whose status and location have not been made public since an abortive…

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28

Jun

Pope Francis’ peace envoy to visit Moscow

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) - An Italian Cardinal tasked by Pope Francis with trying to help end the war in Ukraine will visit Moscow this week as a…

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28

Jun

US targets Wagner Group in curbs on gold firms suspected of funding mercenary force

By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The United States took aim at Russia's Wagner Group and imposed sanctions on companies it accused of engaging in…

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28

Jun

UPDATED: Lukashenko says Putin wanted to ‘wipe out’ Prigozhin during mutiny attempt

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW, June 28 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin not to "wipe out" mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin,…

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27

Jun

Senior Russian lawmaker calls for professional army of seven million

A senior Russian lawmaker who has been involved in a number of negotiations related to Moscow's campaign in Ukraine called late on Monday for a professional army seven-million strong to ensure that no…

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27

Jun

‘We didn’t want to overthrow government’ – Prigozhin

Russia mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that a one-day mutiny by his Wagner force had been intended not to overthrow Russia's government but to register a protest over…

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26

Jun

Mutiny lays bare prospect for Putin of ‘forever war’ in Ukraine

Mutiny exposes Russia's thin reserve forces Insurrection may not hand Kyiv sudden breakthrough Turmoil could deal blow to Russian troop morale Questions swirl, Kyiv exults over Russian 'chaos' By Tom…

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