Russia launched overnight what officials in Kyiv have described as the biggest drone raid on Ukrainian territory since the start of the conflict. Only hours later, Moscow said it was preparing “retaliatory actions” after Ukraine again used U.

Russia said it was planning a response after Ukraine's armed forces hit a military and civilian airfield in the Kursk region with U.S.-supplied, long-range ATCMS missiles. The Russian defense ministry said Ukraine's latest ATCMS strikes,

Russia's Foreign Ministry says it has revoked accreditation of two employees of the German ARD broadcaster and ordered them to leave the country, in what it described as a retaliation to German authorities' move targeting two journalists from Russia's state TV.

Russia on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of two German journalists in retaliation for what it said was Germany’s move to close the Russian state broadcaster’s Berlin bureau, another chapter in the tit-for-tat between Russia and western media.

Russia said on Wednesday that it would expel one correspondent and one cameraman from Germany's ARD in a symmetrical response to German moves against journalists from Russia's Channel One.

Russia on Wednesday warned the U.S. to stop what it said was a “spiral of escalation” over Ukraine as Washington moves to quickly supply Kyiv with more weapons as the Biden administration winds

Russian leaders hope Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, and his Kremlin-friendly inner orbit, will give Moscow an advantage in its ongoing conflict in Ukraine. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen has the details.

Russia opposes simply freezing the conflict in Ukraine because Moscow needs a "solid and long-term peace" that resolves the core reasons for the crisis, President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence chief said on Tuesday.