Border guards did not allow entry to an Italian national, Rocco, travelling to Ukraine after he spoke about his support for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He has been banned from entering the country for three years.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky signs up top spy an arch strategist Budanov as his political enforcer - putting the man Putin fears most of all at the very top of the Kyiv government

The US President bragged he is now "running" Venezuela after its leader Nicolas Maduro was captured over the weekend before being hauled to a court in New York

The agent had been watching for weeks, carefully observing the movements of Russian patrols, surveillance blind spots and the irregular arrival of the cargo trains.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's defiant New Year's message contrasts sharply with President Donald Trump's diplomatic push as Ukraine-Russia war approaches fourth year.

More Russian soldiers are starting mutiny and show signs of ill discipline as they demand to be removed from the frontline around Pokrovsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region