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Azovstal steel works ‘heroic hold-out’ could prove decisive

Russian MPs call for fighters evacuated from Azovstal steelworks to be put to death

Footage shows ‘brightly burning munitions’ launched by Russian forces hitting Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks

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Helsinki formally declares intention to join military alliance

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Oligarch claims Russian president has blood cancer in leaked recording

Six figures with ties to the Kremlin have died since Vladimir Putin launched Ukraine war

Moscow has been ‘surprisingly resilient’ so far, but disaster may be around the corner

Moscow’s military top brass being blamed for Ukraine ‘quagmire’, defence minister says

Analysts fear British PoWs may be put on display during military celebration in Moscow

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Russia’s main war aim in Ukraine is now ‘the liberation of the Donbas’

Russian state TV claims ‘Satan II’ atomic missile could wipe UK off map

Foreign secretary reportedly fears that the conflict could continue for up to ten years

Russian foreign minister warns that escalation of Ukraine conflict is a ‘real’ danger

Former leader refuses to quit roles with Russian energy companies

Vladimir Putin adjusts tactics after ‘humiliation’ for second phase of invasion

Rachman analyses strategies used by Putin, Duterte and Bolsonaro to hold onto power

Oligarch known as ‘Grey Cardinal’ pulled strings of pro-Russian forces for decades

Atrocities in Borodyanka ‘more horrific’ than Bucha, says President Zelenskyy

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Ministers have accused ‘amoral’ lawyers of working for allies of Russian president

Vladimir Putin has gambled on a threat to cut energy supplies in response to sanctions

Russian President’s children could be targeted by economic sanctions

Moscow would reportedly stage own ‘Nuremberg Trials’ following war victory

Western allies united in effort to document war crimes amid outrage over Bucha massacre

Some commentators have pointed to Russian president’s faith as motive for Ukraine war

Moscow says it is ‘drastically’ cutting back operations around the capital city

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Russian president has repeatedly pointed to his country’s history to justify Ukraine invasion

PM takes tough stance over Ukraine invasion but suspicions over party funding and ‘dirty money’ abound

Critics suggest Russian leader has ‘Napoleon complex’