Russia

Border tensions rise amid shelling and new raid from Ukraine

Baricade planned for border-crossing points where access is easy in move driven by ‘changing security environment’

Russia ‘tries to swallow’ neighbour states left outside the circle, Zelenskiy warns Moldova summit

Real cost of Garda security operation at Orwell Road much higher with inclusion of regular hours

Ukrainian prosecutors have announced war crimes charges against four members of the Russian national guard, one of the first cases to emerge from months of investigations

Tens of thousands of Kyiv residents shelter in metro from drone and missile attacks

Panel to investigate if former ruling party allowed country to be to dependent on Moscow

Judge says timing of examinership application 'profoundly suspicious'

Officials say 52 of 54 Iranian-made Shahed drones were destroyed by Ukraine’s air defence units

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said one man killed as Ukraine’s Air Force says it downed 52 of the 54 drones during Russian attack

Paul Gillespie: EU and US preoccupation with Ukraine war and Chinese trade not shared by rest of the world

Natural gas hitting lows not seen since September 2021 but consumers’ bills remain high

Yury Filatov says Russia has never been an obstacle to Irish participation in UN peacekeeping missions

Hight Court told Russian state would cover $1.3bn of lessors’ debt, following recent decree by Putin

Ukrainian forces attack Russia’s southern Belgorod region hours after blast in Krasnodar

Dublin businessman previously worked for Irish company providing corporate services to overseas clients

Jade McGlynn examines Moscow’s use of propaganda, while Serhii Plokhy details the war’s impact on geopolitics

Wagner mercenaries handing over positions in ruined Donbas city to Russian army

Military analysts suggest the cross-border attack in the region of Belgorod aimed to divert Russian soldiers to the area and embarrass Putin

Incident exposes an apparent double failure of Polish air defence and security services, and has prompted a row among officials

China and Russia sign agreements on investment co-operation in trade services, the export of Russian agricultural products to China and sports co-operation

Experts question whether Moscow can convert significant territorial advance into further gains

Western relations with Iran and Russia cannot improve until or unless the Iran nuclear deal is restored and the assault on Ukraine ends

Italy is trying to stem the flow of tens of thousands of migrants arriving by boat, but has welcomed about 150,000 Ukrainians

‘The enemy failed to surround Bakhmut and lost part of the dominant heights around the city,’ says Ukrainian defence minister

Chairman of Russia’s State Duma says Poland needs to be punished for having ‘betrayed historical memory’ of Soviet Union’s liberation of country from Nazis

Ukrainian deputy defence minister reports ‘heavy fighting’ in city and ‘situation is critical’

Russia, climate change, long-term growth and domestic immigration have been Sweden’s preoccupations during its term

In the aftermath of two mass shootings, many are questioning Serbia’s media and political culture, as Margaret Ward reports from Belgrade.

Ukrainian capital targeted by Moscow for ninth time this month

Concerns remain any ban on importing Russian diamonds would cause trade to divert to other global jewel hubs

Five Central Asian states vitally important sources of oil, gas and minerals for Beijing

Moscow claimed it destroyed the advanced US-supplied system on Tuesday

Moscow claims US-made Patriot air defence system hit as Ukraine mounts attacks near Bakhmut

Zelenskiy secures much-needed missiles, drones and tanks from western allies

Wagner mercenary group boss denies offering to reveal Russian positions to Kyiv

Opposition told to ‘be ready’ for democracy push in event of departure

Ireland has little if any means of protecting undersea cables which carry internet traffic between US and Europe and pass through Irish waters off south and west coasts

Zhenya Berkovish’s talent is strikingly obvious in her poetry, written in Moscow over the last year

Defence officials denied that Kyiv’s forces had retaken territory around the ruined city of Bakhmut