The town of Rodynske in Ukraine’s Donetsk region has been the scene of intense Russian drone attacks and is on the front line of the war. The BBC’s Yogita Limaye was reporting from Rodynske when a Russian drone struck nearby, forcing the journalist and her crew to take cover. She was reporting on the latest...
US President Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following Moscow’s largest aerial attack yet on Ukraine. In a rare rebuke, Trump said: “What the hell happened to him? He’s killing a lot of people.” He later called Putin “absolutely crazy”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier said Washington’s...
Ilya Barabanov and Anastasia Lotareva BBC News Russian BBC Sergei and Tatyana Voronkov had long been disillusioned with modern Russia when they decided to move to Ukraine It was shortly after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 that Sergei and Tatyana Voronkov decided they would leave Russia. The couple, who had long been critical...
At least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured across Ukraine in overnight Russian drone and missile attacks, regional officials have said. Four deaths were reported in Ukraine’s western Khmelnytskyi region. Three more deaths were reported in the Kyiv region, and one in the southern city of Mykolaiv. It comes a day...
BBC Father Moses McPherson’s congregation has tripled in size in 18 months, and he has a big following online “A lot of people ask me: ‘Father Moses, how can I increase my manliness to absurd levels?'” In a YouTube video, a priest is championing a form of virile, unapologetic masculinity. Skinny jeans, crossing your legs,...
Russian activist Lyudmila Vasilyeva, an 84-year-old survivor of the siege of Leningrad in World War Two, has been fined by a court after protesting Russia’s war in Ukraine. During her sentencing hearing in St Petersburg on Friday, Ms Vasilyeva was ordered to pay 10,000 rubles ($126; £93) for “discrediting” the Russian army. The charges related...
Imran Rahman-Jones & Chris Vallance Technology reporters Getty Images The UK has exposed what it says is a “malicious cyber campaign” targeting multiple organisations, including those involved in delivering foreign assistance to Ukraine After a joint investigation with allies including the US, Germany and France, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said a Russian...
A Russian missile strike on a training exercise in Ukraine’s Sumy border region has killed six servicemen and wounded more than 10 others, says Ukraine’s National Guard. Russia’s defence ministry had earlier released a video purporting to show an Iskander missile attack on a training camp, and state news agency Tass said up to 70...
Getty Images Yuri Grigorovich’s productions of Ivan the Terrible and Romeo and Juliet redefined Soviet ballet Acclaimed Russian ballet choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich, has died aged 98. Described as one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, he was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995, which he is said to have...
Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine, local officials say. Regional military leaders said seven other people were injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilopillia, Sumy, as the minibus travelled to the regional capital close to Russia’s border. The report came just hours...
DSNS Ukraine Emergency services in the town of Bilopillia in Sumy said one civilian died in an early morning Russian attack Russia’s unilateral, three-day ceasefire has proved to be a farce because of continued attacks across the front line, Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, has said. He accused Russia of 734 violations since its truce...
Getty Images Russia is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two Russia is expected to begin a self-declared three-day pause in fighting against Ukraine on Wednesday night, in a move derided by many Ukrainians and described by President Volodymyr Zelensky as little more than a “theatrical show”. Russia’s Vladimir Putin proposed...
The European Commission has published a “roadmap” outlining its plans to end Europe’s reliance on Russian energy in the coming years. Under the plans, imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas to European Union member states will be banned by the end of 2027. “No more will we permit Russia to weaponise energy...
Tom Beal, Chris Bell and Daniel De Simone BBC News Investigations Metropolitan Police Three Bulgarians convicted in March of spying for Russia previously attended an event in the Palace of Westminster, a BBC News investigation has found. Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova were present at an event to debate Brexit in a committee...
Will Vernon Reporting fromWroclaw, Poland BBC Ordinary Poles have been signing up for military training days anticipating a military attack At a military training ground near the city of Wroclaw, ordinary Poles are lining up, waiting to be handed guns and taught how to shoot. “Once the round is loaded, the weapon is ready to...