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Conflict and WarCommentsPutin: Kyiv missile move will put West ‘at war’ with Russia

The Russian leader has issued a grave warning on the widely expected decision to allow Ukrainian forces fire Anglo-French cruise missiles deep into his territory.

Martin Beckford and Mark Nicol

RussiaVideoCommentsPutin’s biggest test as Ukraine celebrates Russian land grab

Vladimir Putin is flailing as he faces his biggest challenge yet in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. 

Mark Nicol

Politics‘Abhorrent’: Wong, ambassador condemn Russia hospital strike

A Russian missile strike on a children's hospital in Ukraine has been condemned and branded one of the most terrible attacks of the war, with scores killed.

Dominic Giannini

Federal PoliticsPremiumAustralia announces $100 million in aid for Ukraine

The Australian Government has announced it will send $100 million in aid to Ukraine.

Jake Dietsch

World crimeAccused gunmen in chilling Russian attack in pre-trial showing

Suspects in a concert hall massacre have arrived at a Moscow court, while Russia observed a day of national mourning.

Staff Writers

MediaCommentsPremium‘Bag of vomit’: Ukraine ambassador’s scathing ABC attack

Ukraine’s Australian Ambassador has unleashed a withering tirade at the ABC, saying the public broadcaster’s Four Corners special about the war with Russia was ‘the journalistic equivalent of a bowl of vomit’.

David Johns

WorldCommentsPremiumFuneral for Putin rival overshadowed by armed police

Police have taken up positions near the church where Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is due to be buried in Moscow as his supporters gathered to say goodbye to him.

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Navalny reminded us democracy was worth fighting for

Alexei Navalny was a champion for democracy at a time when millions of people who live in democratic nations are a bit “meh” about it.

John Flint

Law and orderCommentsPremiumRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dead: prison

Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, the country's prison service says.

Remarkable commentsCommentsPremiumPutin talks Ukraine in extraordinary Carlson interview

President Vladimir Putin said Russia hasn’t achieved its objectives in Ukraine yet in a rare interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that has everyone talking.

PoliticsCommentsPremiumPutin denies wanting to widen war in rare US interview

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has no interest in attacking Poland or Latvia during an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

David Ljunggren, Ronald Popeski and David Brunnstrom

Mid-air detonationCommentsPutin says hand grenades blew up Wagner boss' plane

Russia's President Vladimir Putin says Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane was exploded from the inside using hand grenades.

Staff Writers

Conflict and WarDozens of villagers die in latest attack on Ukraine

Ukraine's interior minister says an attack on a village in northeast Ukraine which killed nearly 50 locals attending a memorial was clearly targeted.

Staff Writers

In supportCommentsPremiumAustralia joins nations in international case against Russia

Australia will on Wednesday join 31 other nations in support of Ukraine in its case against Russia in the International Court of Justice.

Jake Dietsch

‘Horrific human toll’ CommentsPM calls out Russia as G20 issues watered-down statement

Anthony Albanese has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as G20 leaders issued a watered-down joint statement that noted the economic impacts of the war without naming the perpetrators.

Katina Curtis in New Delhi

Warlord deadVideoComments‘Difficult fate’: Putin’s sick tribute to dead coup leader

Vladimir Putin has offered a disturbing tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin — the Wagner chief who led a short-lived coup against him.

Mark Nicol

Fatal flightVideoCommentsPutin’s revenge? Man who led mutiny ‘dead in jet crash’

The warlord who led a mutiny against Vladimir Putin is believed dead after his private jet was downed near Moscow. 

Marc Nicol

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State Government agency caught up in Russia-linked data hack

More than 300 motor injury claims with the Insurance Commission of WA have been accessed in a ransomware attack by a Russia-linked group, described as a cyber crime on par with Latitude, Optus and Medibank.

Rebecca Le May

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Putin ‘permanently damaged’ by attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strongman image is in tatters after one of his allies moved against him, throwing the future of his regime in doubt.

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Russia loses bid to keep hold of embassy during legal case

Russia has lost its bid to keep control of a new embassy site while it challenges the validity of a new law terminating the lease, and a High Court judge has warned its overall argument is very weak.

Katina Curtis

‘Avoid bloodshed’VideoCommentsWARLORD EXILED: Russian mercenaries flee

Heavily armed Russian mercenaries who advanced most of the way to Moscow have turned back, de-escalating a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in a deal done with the rebellion’s leader.

Latest PremiumRebellion marks 'most significant challenge' to Russia

An armed rebellion by the Wagner group is ‘the most significant challenge to the Russian state’ in recent times, Britain's Ministry of Defence says.

Sophie Wingate

Off his blockCommentsPremiumRussian ‘on a bit of grass’ no security threat: Albo

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a Russian diplomat who has been squatting on land where an embassy had been earmarked is not a national security threat.

Katina Curtis

‘Specific risk’CommentsPremiumAlbo urgently cancels Russian embassy lease in Canberra

The Federal Government has urgently acted to pass legislation to unwind a lease Russia holds on land for an embassy next to Parliament House in Canberra.

Katina Curtis and Kimberley Caines