Russia

Oksana Shvets, one of Ukraine’s most famous stage actresses has been killed in a Russian rocket attack while she slept in an apartment in southeast Kyiv. Her death was confirmed by the Young Theatre, a Ukrainian theatre company she had…

US basketball authorities have said that an American star basketball player being held in Moscow on narcotics charges is two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner. The arrest came as tensions between Moscow and the West have soared over…

Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in Russia by the country's communications regulator amid tensions over the war in Ukraine. Roskomnadzor said its decision over Facebook was in response to what it claimed was restricted access to…

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has survived three assassination attempts since the Russian invasion began last week, reports have said. The plots were foiled after Ukrainian officials were alerted about them, according to The…

Russian forces have seized Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, Al Jazeera reports. The network said the seizure occurred after intense fighting that caused a fire on the site. Ukraine’s nuclear…

Anastasiia Lenna, a former Miss Ukraine, has vowed to defend her home country from Russian forces who have invaded the region. Lenna, who represented Ukraine in the 2015 Miss Grand International beauty contest, posted a video to her …

Actors Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have pledged to match up to $1 million in aid to displaced Ukrainians, Reynolds tweeted Saturday. As of Sunday, about 368,000 Ukrainian refugees had arrived in neighboring countries, according to the …

President Volodymyr Zelensky released a new and defiant video message Saturday night local time as curfew set in for Ukrainians in Kyiv, saying "we will fight as long as it takes to liberate the country. " Zelensky also suggested western…

Finland and Sweden have brushed off warnings from neighboring Russia that their possible joining of NATO would trigger “serious military-political consequences” from Moscow for the two countries. A statement from the Russian Foreign…

Hayden Panettiere says her daughter Kaya Evdokia Klitschko, 7, is "safe and not in Ukraine" following Russia's invasion of the country. The 32-year-old Nashville alum confirmed her daughter's safety in the comment…