War

A 501-deportee turned evangelist chaplain promised God he would never fire another gun - a promise that became near impossible to keep when he ended up on the front line in Ukraine. Audio

Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, famous for staging an on-air protest against Russia's war in Ukraine, has been put on Moscow's wanted list after her ex-husband reported she had escaped from…

Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic Ukrainian town of Lyman, in a move seen as a significant setback for its campaign in the east.

After railing against the dangers of Western imperialism for more than 15 years, Russia's President Vladimir Putin now finds himself in the type of military quagmire he once claimed was a uniquely…

At least 23 people have died in a Russian attack on a humanitarian convoy in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, local officials say.

The New Zealand Defence Force says two Reserve Army soldiers may be in Ukraine, or were there previously.

Four so-called referendums have ended in Russian-held regions of Ukraine - votes which Moscow may use as grounds to annex more territory.

Hundreds of people have been arrested as protests against Russia's new "partial mobilisation" continue across the country.

The EU must take Vladimir Putin's threats he could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine seriously, the bloc's foreign policy chief has said.

A group of Ukrainians in Aotearoa have written to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern imploring her to visit the war-torn country.

Denounced as illegitimate and a sham by Ukraine and the West, Russian-backed officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine are holding self-styled referendums on joining Russia.

Traffic at frontier crossings from Russia intensified after President Vladimir Putin ordered a call up of reservists to fight in Ukraine, with long tailbacks at the border with Finland and Georgia.

Russia and Ukraine have carried out an unexpected prisoner swap, the largest since the war began and involving almost 300 people.