On Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants more than Donald Trump has been prepared to offer, writes BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 60 drones, mostly Shahed strike UAVs, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The Air Force reported that the attacks came from the directions of Kursk and Millerovo.

A village dubbed 'Karl Marx' was taken by Russian troops as they advance towards the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region.

It’s a key refuge for Moscow’s wealthy, including the record producer Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President Vladimir V. Putin, no matter what you’ve heard.

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state media on Monday, one stood out. Near his body, the Kommersant newspaper reported,

With a recent wave of arrests and expropriations, as well as possible assassinations, Putin appears to be turning on more of Russia's rich and powerful. The post Russian Oligarchs Are Back in Putin's Crosshairs appeared first on World Politics Review.

Russian media have been reacting to Trump's growing criticism of Putin, the most recent being on Tuesday when he accused the Russian leader of peddling "bulls***" over his intentions in Ukraine, after rejecting U.S. ceasefire proposals.

"With Putin, I said, 'If you go into Ukraine, I'm going to bomb the s--t out of Moscow,'" Trump can be heard saying on the recording. "He said 'No way,' and I said, 'Way.' And then he goes,

Vladimir Putin has "played Donald Trump like a violin" - but may have now pushed things too far, the former head of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, has warned in a bombshell interview on BBC Newsnight on Thurs

Exiled Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan tell Newsweek about Vladimir Putin's crackdown and their book "Our Dear Friends In Moscow."