Russia

Putin is trying to build a Russian empire stretching ‘from Vladivostok to Lisbon’, Dmitry Medvedev warned
Ex-president said Putin launched invasion of the former Soviet republic to bring peace to Ukraine
NATO chiefs have said that Moscow is planning new military offensive in southern and eastern Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Western allegations Russian forces committed war crimes by executing civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were a "monstrous forgery" aimed at denigrating the Russian army.

A timeline from Feb 24, 2022, day 1 to present, of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Channel One worker Marina Ovsyannikova says she has ‘broken the life of our family with this gesture’ but does not want to leave Russia

Police arrest anti-war protesters
Protests in cities across Russia
Russian pollsters say Putin's ratings have jumped

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on Russia’s war in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin said Russian nuclear forces would be placed in a "special mode" of readiness following "aggressive statements" by NATO powers amid the invasion of Ukraine.

How did the two countries, once tied together by the Soviet Union, get to this point?

"It is a fact that over the past 30 years we have been patiently trying to come to an agreement with the leading NATO countries regarding the principles of equal and indivisible security in Europe. In response to our proposals, we invariably faced either cynical deception and lies or attempts at pressure and blackmail, while the North Atlantic alliance continued to expand despite our protests and concerns. Its military machine is moving and, as I said, is approaching our very border."

The scale of Russia is difficult to imagine. It is the world’s largest country by land mass – nearly twice as big as Canada, the world’s second-largest nation – and covers all of northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe. It shares land borders with more than a dozen countries, and shares sea borders with Japan and the United States.