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An explosion hit the town of Dzhankoi in Russian-occupied Crimea on Monday, and Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said the blast had destroyed Russian Kalibr cruise missiles that were being transported by rail. Kremlin-appointed authorities in Crimea denied the claim, saying that drones, which had been responsible for the blast, were “aimed …

  Germany has announced it will have to arrest Russian president Vladimir Putin if he enters German territory and if the International Criminal Court asks contracting states for enforcement, the country’s Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has said. On March 17, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, …

The International Criminal Court on Friday, March 17 issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes over his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. In an unprecedented move, the court said in a statement that Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of …

Daniil Medvedev is through to his first Indian Wells semi-final, knocking over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarters despite battling through a thumb injury picked up midway through the second set. With a break point at 3-3 in the second, the Russian appeared to slip as he changed directions and …

WASHINGTON — A Russian warplane struck a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, hitting the drone’s propeller and causing its American operators to bring it down in international waters, according to the Pentagon, in the first known physical contact between the Russian and American militaries since the …

KYIV, Ukraine — From Kupiansk in the north to Avdiivka in the south, through Bakhmut, Lyman and dozens of towns in between, Russian forces are attacking along a 160-mile arc in eastern Ukraine in an intensifying struggle for tactical advantage before possible spring offensives. Heavy fighting was reported on Monday …

This article is part of our Women and Leadership special report that profiles women leading the way on climate, politics, business and more. In Russia, where men far outnumber women in political clout, defiant females might seem to stand little chance of making themselves heard. But don’t tell that to …

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said he demanded on Thursday that Russia end its war on Ukraine when he and his Russian counterpart held the first private, face-to-face exchange between a U.S. cabinet member and a top Kremlin official since the invasion. The unscheduled encounter with Sergey V. Lavrov, …

A Russian jet has crashed in the Belgorod region of Western Russia mere miles from the Ukrainian border, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.   A plane of the Ministry of Defence crashed in the Valuysky urban district. Now an investigation team and officials of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are …

Former Russian President and Deputy Chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has stated that Russia will “disappear” if it loses the war in Ukraine.   “If Russia stops the special military operation without achieving victory, Russia will disappear, it will be torn to pieces,” Medvedev …