Dismissing Ukraine’s recent invasion of Kursk, the Russian leader said Kyiv made a mistake in trying to force Moscow to divert its forces from the Donbas region. By Marc SantoraAnton ...

Ukraine's incursion into the southern Kursk region of Russia has been a bold and unexpected stroke in a lengthening war, ...

The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, in part over seizures of American ships and sailors as Britain fought a string of wars with France.

The year 1812 (as every child in France learns in school), is the year Napoleon lost his Grande Armée in the snows of Russia, the prelude to his downfall. What is less well known is that it was ...

Napoleon’s decision to invade Russia in 1812 is considered the beginning of his end ... outnumbered the Russians with a ...

Gudin, aged 44, was hit by a cannonball near the city of Smolensk during the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He had to have ... by a team of French and Russian archaeologists.

Zelenskyy said in a video that Russian forces struck with two ballistic missiles, damaging a building of the Military Institute of Communications. He said he had ordered a full and prompt ...

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The remains of one of Napoleon's favourite generals have been returned to France, two years after they ... plans for a larger ceremony involving French and Russian officials were cancelled amid ...

Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy ... it’s very difficult to finish one." On June 24, 1812, ignoring the advice of his closest advisors ...

When the blaze in Moscow subsided on September 18, 1812, the French—who had traveled hundreds of miles into Russia—were left ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russian lawmakers have hit back at the arrest of Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov in France for failing ...