Russian president says he is 'confident' in ties with Israel, after Kremlin's foreign minister said Nazi leader had 'Jewish blood,' sparking severe diplomatic spat

Yevgeny Prigozhin, identified by the US as oligarch financier of the shadowy Wagner Group, says Western nations are 'an endangered bunch of perverts'

Rumors about Nazi leader's ancestry go back to the 1920s, but are not taken seriously by Holocaust scholars; still, the idea remains useful for some, including Putin

Russian leader claims Ukrainian forces committing war crimes that EU is 'ignoring'; adds that Moscow 'still open to dialogue' but Kyiv not ready for 'serious work' of ending war

Pontiff says he won't visit Kyiv until he has gone to Moscow, but Putin has ignored request for meeting; says Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill 'cannot become Putin's altar boy'

Renowned theater cancels ballet and opera after directors rap Moscow's military campaign; gives no reason for cancellations

Emotional Pentagon spokesman says of Russian president that no 'ethical, moral individual could justify' what Moscow's troops are doing; 1 killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv

Head of Russian state TV warns Western support of Ukraine could lead to 'total annihilation' of country; Zelensky: Putin seeks to 'disband' Europe

Fresh off meeting with Putin in Moscow, Antonio Guterres says 'the sooner this war ends, the better -- for the sake of Ukraine, Russia and the world'

Russian president says Moscow still negotiating, 'despite the fact that the military operation is ongoing'; repeats claim atrocities in Bucha staged