The Kremlin says Switzerland has “unfortunately lost its status of a neutral state.”

Nearly six months into the war between Russia and Ukraine, fierce fighting is reported in Ukraine's Donetsk as Russian forces further press on with plans to seize the entire eastern region of the Donbass.

Russia has requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council concerning what it called Ukraine’s continuous attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The US military has confirmed the delivery of American anti-radar missiles to Ukraine in a bid to facilitate the targeting of Russian radar systems by Ukrainian warplanes.

Russia says the supply of its oil to three European countries through Ukraine has been halted over transit payment issues caused by Western sanctions.

Russia has accused the US of "unreasonable and unnecessary escalation" in announcing an inspection of Moscow’s nuclear armaments.

Russian forces are pressing ahead with their months-long military offensive to capture eastern Ukraine, with the former Soviet country calling for a Western-led ban on all Russians amid heavy fighting between the two sides.

Russia has "temporarily" suspended on-site inspections of its strategic nuclear weapons by the US under a 2010 arms control treaty known as New START, citing travel curbs, sanctions and coronavirus infections.

"The Ukrainian delegation has gone off the radar, there is no negotiation process now."

Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world.