Kaliningrad train approached Lithuania, the car attendant beckoned to passengers in Russian: "I'm closing the entire carriage, the toilets are out of action."

Russian authorities have claimed that drones were "flying towards Moscow" for the second day in a row. Source: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; Russian Defence Ministry Quote: "Air defence forces downed two drones flying towards Moscow.

Sberbank CEO German Gref said Russia is so fixated on fighting inflation that it's forgetting about economic growth.

From neo-Nazis to left-wing groups, Russia is exploiting ideological overlaps and disinformation campaigns to sow chaos, division and insecurity in Germany.

The remarks came after Washington imposed new sanctions on Russia’s top oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an attempt to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a ceasefire in Ukraine, where peace talks have stalled.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is prepared to give NATO and EU countries a non-aggression guarantee, reiterating that Russia has no intention of attacking any of their current members.

The Ukrainian strike on the Belgorod Reservoir dam was designed to slow Russia's efforts to take an embattled town.

Russian troops are making a concerted push in eastern Ukraine and have gained a foothold in the strategic hub of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says. Moscow's soldiers outnumber Kyiv's 8-1 in the area and Ukraine cannot match that, Zelensky added while insisting Russia had not yet "achieved the planned result".