A former communications officer in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s elite secretive security service has defected after deciding he could not work for a “war criminal” following the invasion of Ukraine. Gleb Karakulov boarded a flight to Turkey and fled Russia with his
The Kremlin-installed leader of Crimea has reportedly formed a pro-Russian mercenary group named “Convoy,” which was inspired by the notorious Wagner Group. According to reports, the group has already been dispatched to occupied areas of southern Ukraine’s Kherson region. A member of
Ukraine is calling on the United Nations to hold an emergency session following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to place nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. Putin announced the move on Sunday, framing it as a warning to Western countries. Ukraine’s government called
Russia’s “new generation of leaders” is increasingly concerned about Moscow’s alliance with China, experts are warning. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping entered into a strategic partnership just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, in which both proclaimed their friendship to be
Ukrainian forces will fight to the bitter end in the battle-scarred city of Bakhmut because they are “fixing in” some of Russia’s best troops ahead of Ukraine’s planned spring offensive. Kyiv had previously declared that it would be withdrawing its troops westwards
Secretary of State Antony Blinken ran into his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for the first time since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion in Ukraine over a year ago. The top diplomats were said to have chatted for no more than
The Ukrainian military has claimed that they destroyed at least 130 Russian tanks over a three-week battle for the eastern coal-mining town of Vuhledar. Officials told the New York Times it was the biggest tank battle of the war in what amounts
China has “definitely” been “disappointed” by the war in Ukraine but it “is in no position” to change President Vladimir Putin’s mind and be successful in ending the bloody conflict, a defence expert told Express.co.uk. The warning comes after the Chinese foreign
The West must include Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company, in its list of sanctioned entities to prevent it from being used as a means of generating income to power Vladimir Putin’s war machine, a Kyiv-based economist has said. Vlad Vlasiuk also
It is “extremely dangerous” that Russia has pulled out of a key nuclear treaty as the move could result in a catastrophic slip-up, an anti-nuclear campaign group has warned. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin withdrew from the New Start treaty, a