7 A military Orthodox chaplain conducts a Christmas Eve mass ... 8 Ballet dancers perform in Swan Lake at the Donbass Opera in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in Ukraine.

“My religion is watching CNN,” a feisty elderly woman with cancer recently told a hospital chaplain who had knocked on the patient’s door to introduce himself. The patient, in a thin blue ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources. The Embraer 190 passenger jet was en route from ...

Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Vladimir Putin’s experimental “Oreshnik” missile fired against Ukraine last month was made by Russian ...

A vessel carrying a sanctioned shipment of Russian liquefied natural gas appears to be offloading the fuel into storage in the nation’s far east, having failed to find a buyer willing to ...

Previously, many Ukrainians celebrated Christmas in January per the Orthodox calendar, as Russian Orthodox adherents still do. "For the second time, we celebrate Christmas on the same date as one ...

Maps of the war in Ukraine show Russian advances as troops appeared to make gains into enemy territory on Christmas Eve. These advancs stretch along the border of Russian-controlled land and show ...

A Russian cargo ship has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria, with 14 crew members rescued and two others still missing. The Ursa Major vessel had been heading to the eastern ...

The latest Russian assault vehicle may be a pink Zhiguli, a Soviet-vintage compact car. Speeding toward Ukrainian positions in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk Oblast recently, what appeared to be two ...

The rising number of Russian armored vehicle losses over the course of this year may be "impacting" the offensive advancements on certain parts of the front line, according to the U.S.-based ...

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow. Two crew members are missing after an engine room ...

A Russian vessel has sunk in the Mediterranean after an "explosion" on board. The Ursa Major went down in international waters between Spain and Algeria. Spanish reports suggest 14 crew members ...