Russian Federation

Crossing the Dnipro river has been a major tactical win for Ukraine. But much remains at risk, especially on the eastern bank — and the Russians are well aware of the danger, writes Mick Ryan.

It was 1999, and Vladimir Putin was the last man standing of three candidates put forward to be the country's next president. People laughed at him, but when buildings in Moscow started getting blown up, everything changed.

The Ukrainian army says it has pushed Russian forces back "3 to 8 kilometres" from the banks of Dnipro river in what could be an important gain for the nation's counter-offensive.

Russia carried out a major drone attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting infrastructure facilities and causing power outages in more than 400 towns and villages.

Faced with the constant threat of Russian air strikes, officials in eastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region have begun building heavily fortified underground schools that will allow children to safely return to in-person studies.

Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is notoriously difficult to adapt. But that hasn't stopped one Sydney theatre company staging a new production of the Russian literary masterpiece.

Andrey Rublev unleashes a flurry of hits to his knee with his racquet during his loss to Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP Finals.

The EU says a promise to supply 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine in the first-half of 2024 may not be met.

Finland's prime minister says the Russian Border Authority has begun allowing people to the Finnish border without required documentation. 

At least three Russian officers have been killed in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol in a blast Ukraine's intelligence says was an "act of revenge" by local resistance groups.

Russia intensifies bombardments of Ukraine's ports and launches its first missile attack on the area surrounding Kyiv in more than seven weeks. 

Ukrainian naval drones sink two small Russian landing boats in Crimea, Ukraine's military intelligence agency says, while troops brace for further Russian assaults in the east, particularly the shattered town of Avdiivka.

Partisans in Crimea claim they provided critical intelligence to Ukraine's armed forces about Russia's Black Sea navy headquarters before it was destroyed by a missile attack in September.

A video filmed by the Crimean Combat Seagulls, an underground resistance movement fighting the Russian forces on the peninsula.

Ukraine says it carried out a "special operation to eliminate" Mikhail Filiponenko, working "jointly with representatives of the resistance movement", while a purported Russian missile killed at least one after striking a civilian ship in Odessa.

Just hours after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Lucy Shtein knew it was time to escape. If she ever returns, a Moscow court says, she faces immediate arrest. 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched 40 Shahed drones at Ukrainian cities — a strike some fear is an attempt to cripple infrastructure ahead of winter. 

Russia has shelled more than 100 towns and villages over the last 24 hours — more than in any single day so far this year, Ukraine says.

A day before a senior UN official tells the Security Council about "horrendous humanitarian consequences" of ongoing war in Ukraine, medical charity MSF is forced to evacuate high-needs patients from a hospital threatened by Russian shelling.

An economic sanction is intended to peacefully protect the world's citizens. Too often, they have the opposite effect.

Hundreds of people reportedly stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field on Sunday to protest against the arrival of an airliner from Tel Aviv, Israel.

A mob wave Palestinian flags and shout profanities as they storm Makhachkala airport in the capital of Dagestan.

In the murky realm of oil trading, the rise of the Russia-India trade has been astonishing. Involving two of the world's most powerful businessmen, it has potential implications for Australia's security.

Russia's ambassador says Washington's decision to send the long-range missiles to Ukraine is a grave mistake that will have serious consequences.

Ukraine says Russia is running out of steam in some areas, but fighting in other locations has "significantly escalated".