The United States has announced it will resume nuclear testing if other countries do the same.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days.

A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war.

Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov says the country’s skiers and snowboarders have won a court ruling to get the chance to apply to compete as neutral athletes for qualification events to the Winter Olympics.

U.S. officials are meeting in Florida this weekend with their Ukrainian counterparts about the Russia-Ukraine war.

President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration is preparing to announce increased sanctions on Russia.

Estonia has temporarily closed a road that passes through Russian territory after reports of Russian soldiers standing there.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel prize, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year.

Russia has hosted a delegation of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government and warned against any foreign military presence in the country.

Moldova’s electoral commission has barred two pro-Russian parties from participating in this weekend's parliamentary election.

European defense ministers have agreed to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’s airspace.

Moldova’s Prime Minister Dorin Recean warns that Russia is spending heavily to influence an upcoming parliamentary election.

Moldovan authorities have conducted 250 raids and detained dozens of people as part of an investigation into an alleged Russia-backed plan to incite mass riots.

NATO defense chiefs have discussed potential security guarantees for Ukraine to help end Russia's three-year war.

An American Orthodox archbishop exchanged warm greetings and gifts of holy icons with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected the idea of giving up land to end the war with Russia.

Russia has declared it's no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on deploying nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles, a warning that potentially sets the stage for a new arms race as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise again over Ukraine.

Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments against Russia in four cases brought by Kyiv and the Netherlands accusing Moscow of atrocities in Ukraine dating back more than a decade.

Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov says the country is on the brink of a recession.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to help mediate an end to the conflict between Israel and Iran, suggesting Moscow could help negotiate a settlement that could allow Tehran to pursue a peaceful atomic program while assuaging Israeli security concerns.

The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended after less than two hours.

The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization has found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives more than a decade ago.

Russian authorities say drone attacks by Ukraine have caused flight disruption at Moscow’s main airports for a third straight day.

Ukraine and Russia are at odds over competing ceasefire proposals.

All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia’s Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia’s top general said in a Kremlin meeting Saturday.

President Donald Trump is calling for Ukraine and Russia to meet for “very high level talks,” saying they are “very close to a deal” after productive meetings.

Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian and Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, has died at 91.

A ceasefire in Russia’s 3-year-old war in Ukraine hinges on Moscow accepting the U.S. proposal of a 30-day pause in fighting as a confidence-building measure for both sides to hammer out a longer-term peace plan.

In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States has split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three U.N. resolutions seeking an end to the three-year war.

The United States has proposed a draft resolution for the U.N. General Assembly that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow’s forces from Ukraine.

A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant.

A project to establish a court to prosecute the Russian leaders who orchestrated the invasion of Ukraine has taken a major step forward, with an announcement from a group of international organizations, including the European Union and the Council of Europe, working together with Ukraine.

Every time planned electrical outages are imposed on his village in southern Moldova, 73-year-old retiree Vasili Donici passes the time by solving crosswords and puzzles in a room he illuminates using a small gas lamp.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.

Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country on allegations of spying as tensions soar over the conflict in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revamped version of his country's nuclear doctrine that lowers the bar on when he could use Moscow’s atomic arsenal.

President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, following U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what appeared to be the first conversation with the sitting leader of a major Western power in nearly two years.

Russia’s top diplomat met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its military in the war in Ukraine.

A Russian court has convicted a French citizen of collecting information on military issues and sentenced him to three years in prison.

Ukraine’s military says it struck a major oil terminal in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort.

President Vladimir Putin says any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.

Ukraine’s president is dismissing the notion of peace talks with Moscow.

Ukraine has accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait.

Ukraine has made a new call on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders produced no visible shift in their policy.

Two NATO members say that Russian drones have violated their airspace.

Serbia's deputy prime minister has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and vowed that his country will remain an ally of Moscow despite its proclaimed bid to join the European Union.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unscheduled visit to Chechnya, his first trip to the mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation in nearly 13 years.

Russian sources say Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia as Kyiv’s incursion enters its third week.

Officials say a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is describing a Ukrainian incursion into the country’s southwestern Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” as his officials say they are fighting off cross-border raids for a second day.

In a blunt signal to discourage the West from increasing military support for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin says Russia could revise its nuclear doctrine regarding the use of its atomic arsenal.

Ukraine says it has struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow has claimed further gains, have left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded.

In a powerful tribute to the hundreds of Ukrainian athletes who have perished since the Russian invasion of their homeland, the Union of Ukrainians of France led a peaceful march of several hundred people in Paris on Saturday.

Donald Trump has repeatedly said he can settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again.

Russia’s Defense Ministry says officials have been ordered to prepare a response to U.S. drone flights over the Black Sea, in an apparent warning that Moscow may take forceful action to ward off the American reconnaissance aircraft.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea early Wednesday, after he said the two countries want to cooperate closely to overcome U.S.-led sanctions in the face of intensifying confrontations with Washington.

Nearly 80 countries have jointly called for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war.

Dozens of world leaders have converged on a Swiss resort to discuss how to bring peace to war-ravaged Ukraine, though any hopes of a real breakthrough are muted by the absence of Russia.

Russia’s top state criminal investigation agency says a French citizen has been arrested on charges of collecting information on military issues.

President Vladimir Putin is warning that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets elsewhere in the world in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to launch attacks on Russian territory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is concluding a two-day visit to China by emphasizing the countries' strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they seek to present an alternative to U.S. global influence.

Russia is threatening to strike British military facilities and says it plans to hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons.

Approval by the U.S. House of Representatives of a $61 billion package for Ukraine puts the country a step closer to getting an infusion of new firepower.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fears have risen in neighboring Moldova that it could also be in Moscow’s crosshairs.

Ukraine's navy spokesman says that Ukrainian forces have sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea, a major blow to Moscow’s military capability as the war has dragged into a third year.

Poland has demanded an explanation from Russia after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine.

The IOC is facing a Russia-organized potential rival to the Olympics and has urged sports and political leaders not to take part.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's new ride is a Russian luxury limousine gifted by President Vladimir Putin.

President Vladimir Putin says that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened.

Russian officials say Ukrainian long-range drones have smashed into two oil facilities deep inside Russia.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two high-ranking Russian military officers on charges linked to attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv’s forces take aim at targets well behind the war’s front line.

The latest figures from the National Police show that more than 30,000 people have been reported missing in Ukraine during two years of war.

The United Nations’ top court says it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide.

The United Nations’ top court has rejected large parts of a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Russia bankrolled separatist rebels in the country’s east a decade ago and has discriminated against Crimea’s multiethnic community since its annexation of the peninsula.

Pope Francis is calling for a universal ban on what he calls the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

The foreign ministers of the three Baltic states and of Ukraine say they will boycott a meeting by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe being held this week in North Macedonia.

The U.S. Treasury has levied a new round of sanctions on firms and ships that used U.S. service providers to carry Russian crude oil in violation of the multinational price cap — and imposed another set of sanctions on a group of Balkan people and firms tied to Kremlin influence in the region.

The United States and South Korea closed ranks behind common approaches to North Korea, Russia and China, vowing to continue to support Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and boosting humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza caught in Israel’s war against Hamas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a senior Chinese military official that Moscow and Beijing should expand their cooperation on military satellites and other prospective defense technologies.

Iran’s supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran’s program become more lethal, raising risks across the wider Middle East.

Ukraine is insisting that the United Nations’ highest court has jurisdiction to hear a case alleging that Moscow abused the genocide convention to justify launching its devastating invasion last year.

An expert commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body says in her first report on Russia that the rights situation in the country has “significantly deteriorated” since President Vladimir Putin launched his war against Ukraine last February.

Finland is joining its three Baltic neighbors in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine.

The world is largely relying on North Korean and Russian media for information about the meeting between the nations' leaders Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin at a space facility in Russia's Far East.

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy has made her third visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage.

Russian cruise missiles have destroyed farm storage buildings in the Odesa region.

Ukraine said its forces shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea port of Odesa in what Moscow called “retribution” for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge to the Crimean Peninsula.

One of the smallest members of NATO is preparing to hold one of the most important summits in the alliance’s 74-year history.

Australia’s highest court has dismissed Russia’s application for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra.

The rebellious Russian mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow says he was responding to an attack on his camps in Ukraine on Friday by rival forces from the Russian military.

A Moscow court has ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late August, rejecting the American journalist’s appeal to be released.

The Biden administration is retaliating for Russia’s suspension of the New START nuclear treaty.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces are not occupying Bakhmut.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has huddled with some of his biggest backers as the Group of Seven summit closed in Hiroshima.

The Russian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday says it is closing after authorities declared Greenpeace International to be an undesirable organization.

Russia has fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine, in attacks that killed at least 23 people.