Explosions in Moscow were heard overnight as air defences targeted Ukrainian drones. As a result of the air attack, a fire broke out in the Elma technopark in Zelenograd, 37 miles from Moscow, with one of its buildings damaged. According to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, 33 drones were reportedly shot down.

The Kremlin has increasingly embraced the Soviet dictator and his legacy, using them to exalt Russian history in a time of war, but he remains a deeply divisive figure in Russia.

Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Kyiv on Thursday for a two-day visit after discussing peace efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine in Moscow earlier this week, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday.

KYIV has pummelled Moscow in a brutal revenge strike following Russia’s gargantuan, three-day aerial blitz. As dozens of attack drones swarmed the Russian capital, brave Ukrainian leader

Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the Russian defense ministry said. The announcement came hours after a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine.

Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday it had put a business centre near Moscow that housed its offices up for sale for a starting price of 10.34 billion roubles ($129 million).

This night, long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine staged a "slamming" attack on a strategic enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) - the Bereznyak Raduga plant, which is located in the city of Dubna, 130 kilometers north of Moscow.

Zelensky warns Moscow gathering 50,000 troops near Sumy ahead of Merz meeting - Zelensky this week flagged Kyiv had intelligence Russia was planning a fresh offensive rather than pursuing a ceasefire