Russia claims Ukraine and the West are plotting to use a 'dirty bomb' against them in shocking statement. The commander in charge of Russia's nuclear, biological and chemical defence, General Igor Kirillov, echoed remarks by Russian Defence minister Serg...

Moscow has been forced to pull back troops from swathes of the northeast, particularly in the Kharkiv region, following Kyiv's dramatic assault since the beginning of September to wrest back terrain. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from the retaken cit...

A Ukrainian army commander has said it would be impossible for Russia to take over Kharkiv, amid speculation the enemy may be planning to take the country's second largest city.