We’ve verified footage showing damage to a dam in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine after a Ukrainian strike over the weekend. In one video which emerged yesterday, water can be seen gushing through a breach in the dam, as well as significant damage to structures on the top of it.

Donald Trump has suggested he has already decided on whether to supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, but said he didn't want to escalate the war. Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un has sent Vladimir Putin a birthday card.

The latest round of discussions to find a resolution to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have hit another standstill as the Kremlin digs in on its demands.

But reporting on Russia is tricky. Since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 authorities have become more repressive, with more than 20,000 people jailed for criticising the war, according to the independent monitoring group OVD-Info.

Keir Starmer has set out the self-described coalition of the willing's plan for increasing the pressure on Russia's Vladimir Putin, after hosting Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting in London. France's Emmanuel Macron hailed a "turning point" in US policy.

The Treasury Department announced the additional U.S. sanctions on Russia, targeting the oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil. Secretary Scott Bessent told reporter earlier that the sanctions would be announced. The Treasury cited the lack of a serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn’t settle its war there soon — suggesting that he could be ready to increase the pressure on Vladimir ...