Kremlin spokesperson urges negotiated solution to conflict, amid widespread fears Iran and its proxy Hezbollah may get involved

Preliminary US intelligence assessment says plane was downed by an intentional explosion as revenge for recent rebellion against Putin

Mercenary chief reportedly went to Moscow with his commanders to explain his version of events, as Russian president provided his own analysis

EU says if execution footage authenticated, perpetrators must be held to account; Russia: 'We live in world of fakes'; Ukraine calls to remove Moscow from UN Security Council

Ukrainian president predicted to secure almost $2 billion in military aid from Washington in his first known wartime foreign trip

Putin spokesman says too early to discuss meeting between Russian leader and Israeli PM-designate, noting ongoing coalition talks

Israeli Friends of Ukraine decries Tatiana Navka's permission to 'tan on the beach' in Tel Aviv while Ukrainians are 'under heavy shelling' from Russian forces

Judges rule sanctions were 'appropriate and necessary'; Kremlin says it will take retaliatory measures against Western media working in Russia

Dmitry Peskov tells NBC News that Alexander Drueke and Andy Huynh are 'soldiers of fortune,' their cases still being probed

Moscow says the notion that aides aren't honest with Russian president about his military's progress and the Ukrainian resistance shows that US agencies just 'don't understand'