A group of Ukrainian teenagers, particularly several 17-year-old boys who survived Russian interrogations and searches, has been brought back to Ukraine from the occupied territory. Source: Bring Kids Back to Ukraine initiative Details: They are now in territory controlled by Ukraine.

The EU’s 18th package of sanctions against Russia expands restrictions on Moscow’s finance and energy sectors, introduces a moving price cap on its oil exports and blacklists 105 tankers in a “shadow fleet” that it uses to bypass sanctions imposed since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost three-and-a-half years ago.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday predicted the Russian economy would withstand the European Union's latest sanctions package and said Moscow would intensify its strikes against Ukraine.

The EU on Friday adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, looking to pile more pressure on the Kremlin by lowering a price cap for Moscow's oil exports.But the Kremlin said it would seek to "minimise" the impact,

The bloc is expanding a transaction ban on dealings with Russian banks and placing more restrictions on the export of “dual-use” goods that Russia’s forces could use on the battlefield in Ukraine. The latest round of measures comes after Trump on ...

The Kremlin said on Friday that it did not believe that a tougher stance U.S. President Donald Trump has adopted towards Russia over its war in Ukraine means the end of U.S-Russia talks aimed at reviving their battered ties.

By mid-July, deliberate shutdowns spread to most of the country, according to Na Svyazi — Russian for “staying connected” — an activist group tracking internet availability. On Thursday, the group said 61 of Russia's more than 80 regions suffered cellphone internet shutdowns. In 42 regions, there were reports of broadband network outages.