Russian military intelligence is paying young people to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across Europe.

Explosions continued throughout the night and Ukraine's Air Force warned of a ballistic missile attack on the capital. Air raid sirens sounded in several regions of Ukraine on Tuesday morning after Russia launched missiles toward Chernihiv, Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts.

For the second consecutive Olympic Games, no athletes will compete under the Russian flag

Ukraine has agreed with western partners that persistent Russian violations of any future ceasefire agreement would be met by a co-ordinated military response from Europe and the US, according to people briefed on the discussions.

The BBC's Russia editor reflects on the difficulties of working as a British journalist in Moscow.

Russia has violated a request made personally by US President Donald Trump and launched a massive strike on Ukraine at the height of winter cold. Kyiv is now expecting a response from Washington to this crime,

Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles early on Tuesday, local authorities reported, following a week-long pause in strikes on major cities and infrastructure agreed to by Russia and the US as Ukraine grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Tuesday of exploiting a U.S.-backed energy truce to stockpile munitions, and using them to