Small protests have taken place in several regions, each revealing frustration that had remained beneath the surface. In some towns, street musicians perform songs by artists classified as “foreign agents”. Their actions signal support for the St. Petersburg group StopTime, which was penalised for music critical of President Vladimir Putin.

The video, likened to a scene from "Mad Max," was geolocated by NBC News to Pokrovsk, where fierce battles have been taking place as Russia pushes to capture the city.

Russia said its forces had pushed deeper into the eastern Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk on Tuesday, with one video showing Russian soldiers rolling into Pokrovsk on motorbikes and even on the roofs of battered cars and vans.

Russia is deploying soldiers on motorbikes and battered cars and vans to continue its siege of Pokrovsk in a scene straight out of the “Mad Max” movie franchise, shocking new video

The Kremlin is focusing its fire on Pokrovsk, a gateway to the Donetsk region, which Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has long coveted.

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered to negotiate a deal for their surrender. Ukrainian military officials vigorously ...

Nighttime Ukrainian strikes have disrupted power and heating supplies to two major Russian cities near the Ukrainian border

The attack by Russian missiles and drones targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the large cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as several smaller municipalities.

Russia is closing in on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a strategic hub that Ukrainian forces have defended for more than a year.

Ukrainian strikes disrupted power and heating to two major Russian cities near the Ukrainian border, local Russian officials reported Sunday.