Among the speakers is Maria Malysheva, 36, from Vladimir Putin’s home city of St Petersburg. She was “exiled” from Russia in 2022 after staging solo street protests against the war in Ukraine.

Fire-fighters worked for hours to rescue guests after a hotel in Kryvyi Rih was targeted by a Russian missile.

A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed a 47-year-old woman and wounded at least nine other people, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak said.

Vladimir Putin says fighting must end in Ukraine, but adds a ceasefire should lead to "enduring peace and remove underlying ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered highly conditional support for the proposed 30-day ceasefire deal with Ukraine, ...