President Biden meets Alexei Navalny’s widow and daughter
Image source, The White HouseImage caption, President Biden held a private meeting with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya in a San Francisco hotel roomBy Lou NewtonBBC News Joe Biden has held…
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Ukraine war: Frontline medics count the cost of two years of war
Image caption, Maj Oleh Kravchenko says he was not prepared for the brutality of Russia's invasionBy Andrew HardingBBC News, Eastern Ukraine Maj Oleh Kravchenko has the sort of chuckle that's…
Russia angers Guinea’s junta after government dissolved
Image source, EPAImage caption, Military ruler Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has not given reasons for dissolving his governmentBy Linnete Bahati AmimoBBC Monitoring Guinea's military junta has protested to Russia's ambassador after…
Ukrainian long-range drones target Putin’s war machine inside Russia
For the past two years, international support for Ukraine has been hampered by widespread fear of escalation among the country’s Western partners. This has prevented Ukraine from receiving the kind…
Putin’s unpunished Crimean crime set the stage for Russia’s 2022 invasion
On February 24, the world will reflect on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While attention is understandably focused on the current phase of Russia’s war, this…
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic’s mother says she has been shown his body
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch: Alexei Navalny's mother Lyudmila Navalnaya said she had been threatened by Russian authorities By Ido…
How Russian media mocked UK’s Trident missile failure
Image caption, Russian TV's Olga Skabeyeva described the UK as "little Britain" in her broadcast on Wednesday (file photo)By George BowdenBBC News The failed test of a Trident missile from…
UK targets Russian military with further sanctions
Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Lord Cameron said British sanctions are "starving Putin of the resources he desperately needs to fund his struggling war"By James GregoryBBC News The UK has…
‘I’m sad for everyone who’s been killed’: How two years of war in Ukraine changed Russia
Image caption, A mural of fallen Russian soldiers in SolnechnogorskBy Steve RosenbergRussia Editor As I stood watching Russians laying flowers in memory of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a young man…
Ukraine war: Hroza, the village of orphans
Image caption, Dima Panteleyev looks at the graves of his mum, dad and grandparents who were all killed in one missile attackBy Zhanna Bezpiatchuk in HrozaBBC Ukrainian Teenager Dima lost…