Russian president asserts his goal is to 'unite the Russian people,' declares that all US-supplied Patriot air-defense missiles deployed in Ukraine will be destroyed

Incoming prime minister expresses hope that war in Ukraine will end soon, and determination to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons

Moscow has faced a series of humiliating setbacks on the ground in Ukraine; Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu proposes increasing personnel in Ukraine to 1.5 million soldiers

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

Energy provider imposes blackouts, warns recovery will take longer than usual due to extent of damage; Putin holds court with top military brass

Dmitry Medvedev accuses Western allies of siding with 'the Nazi,' repeating falsehood about Ukraine; does not provide details on nature of new armaments in development

Belarusian dissident Ales Bialiatski, Russian organization Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties honored in Oslo for campaign against authoritarianism

'We have not gone crazy, we are aware of what nuclear weapons are,' Russian president says at a meeting of his human rights council

State Department spokesman blasts 'dangerous' comments by Russian leader, who hinted at use of tactical nukes, told Kremlin 'such a threat is rising'

Pontiff says 'history is repeating itself' in relation to Operation Reinhard, a mass killing of almost 2 million Jews in 1942-1943 in Poland's death camps