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Russia may have to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to "rescue" its cosmonauts.

A day after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin has started speaking of wanting to end the war.

The Ukrainian military has been able to intercept calls between Russian soldiers and their families back home in Russia.

A group of English villagers has declared the Russian president Vladimir Putin "Bellend of the Year."

Around 2,500 endangered seals were found dead in the southern Russian province of Dagestan over the weekend.

Russia and Ukraine both tortured their prisoners of war during the ongoing conflict between the two.

Matrosov was a former rocket engine factory worker and was facing 15 years in prison if he had been charged with murder.

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), in a scathing statement, has called for the release of US basketball star Brittney Griner.

More than 100 Ukrainian women are testifying to their government regarding their traumatic experience with the Russian soldiers.

A 47-year-old underworld criminal who was released by the Russian government so he could go and fight in Ukraine was shot dead after he tried to escape the war.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has often come under fire for his controversial tweets, and this time it is Ukraine's president whom he has managed to displease.

A 27-year-old Russian rapper who was against Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine took his own life to avoid being drafted into the war.

A Russian woman reportedly stabbed her 4-year-old daughter and tried to take her own life after learning that her husband was to be conscripted.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia to hold demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of carrying out "blatant genocide" in the recently liberated Balakliya town in the Kharkiv oblast

A half-paralysed polar bear with several gunshot wounds to its body was found lying in a ditch.

A British man who had travelled to Ukraine to offer his services as a medic has been killed while volunteering, according to his family.

A 28-year-old Russian woman, Veronika Khomchuk, has been accused of kidnapping a 7-year-old girl so her boyfriend could rape the girl.

Russia has vowed to avenge the "assassination" of Darya Dugina, the daughter of Vladimir Putin's spiritual guru Alexander Dugin.

A court in Russia has sentenced a paedophile to 19 years in prison for sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy and holding him hostage for 52 days.

A woman from Serbia allegedly killed her husband and hid his head in a barrel inside the family barn.

Russia has arrested a 33-year-old belly dancer named Yekaterina 'Katya' Zavalishina, in connection with an espionage case.

Russia has barred as many as 29 UK journalists, including journalists from the BBC, the Guardian, Times and the Independent, from entering the country.

A former British soldier, who was discharged from service in March, has died fighting Russian forces in Ukraine, according to a statement from his family.

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed all rumours around Vladimir Putin's health.

A top Ukrainian official has claimed that Russian president Vladimir Putin had managed to survive an assassination attempt two months ago.

As many as 200 rotting corpses were found in the basement of an apartment building in Mariupol.

The first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes committed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine has pleaded guilty and now faces a possible a life imprisonment in Kyiv.

McDonald's has decided to shut shop in Russia more than 30 years after it first opened its operations in the country. It has now joined the list of firms that have stopped offering their services in the country.

A Russian oligarch was secretly recorded saying Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood cancer, according to media reports.