Vladímir Putin

‘What we want is the war to be over,’ the US president said as he received his Ukrainian counterpart at the White House. ‘I think that things are coming along pretty well... we want to see if we can get this done’

The call between the presidents of the United States and Russia comes on the eve of a summit in Washington with Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss sending Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv

In small groups, Russian soldiers dressed in civilian clothes are trying to take up positions in the nearly destroyed city of Kupiansk

Two years after its accelerated entry into NATO, the Nordic country is deepening its defense strategy to ward off a threat that has never entirely gone away

According to the US First Lady, eight children have returned to Ukraine in the last 24 hours

Kim Jong-Un’s regime reaffirms its alliance with Russia through a major exhibition that portrays an idyllic image of the country and its involvement in the Ukrainian war

Russian troops are harassing the town of Dobropillya in Donetsk, where only a few hundred residents remain

Recruits aged between 18 and 24 receive training before going to the front after enlisting as volunteers

The Kremlin awards medals, positions, public appearances, and biopics to agents of its ‘illegal intelligence’ services that sow chaos in the West

NATO allies send anti-aircraft systems and reinforcements to Copenhagen after drone incursion

Moscow is cracking down on complaints calling for the return of troops three years after the draft that shocked Russia

The president’s comment about Kyiv recovering all territory occupied by Russia is being interpreted as a sign that Washington will eventually disengage from the conflict

Soprano Melinda Hughes writes, composes and stars in ‘Melania: The Opera’, a playful chamber piece about the first lady’s dilemmas during a fictional Russian invasion of her homeland, Slovenia

Kyiv avoids triumphant statements despite the US president’s apparent support for the country’s recovery of all territory invaded by Russia

The Ukrainian president thanked Donald Trump for his support and called for regulating the use of AI ‘in the most destructive arms race in history’

The Maduro regime also released images of fighter jets armed with anti-ship missiles

JFK’s only grandson has become an internet sensation thanks to viral videos in which he criticizes and mocks Trumpism. ‘My grandfather would be on every network today, although he probably wouldn’t know how to use a cell phone’

The military exercises being staged in Belarus, a repeat of those in 2021 that preceded the invasion of Ukraine, are taking place just two days after the Russian drone incursion into Poland

In the area of Poland bordering Ukraine and Belarus, with a long history of wars and destruction, the Russian threat is a reality

The incidents highlight the failure of the US president’s strategy to achieve peace on two fronts

The incursion of Russian drones represents the most tense episode between Europe and the Kremlin in decades

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes the incident puts Europe ‘the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two’

Debris from the aircraft, which Russia is increasingly using in Ukraine, has fallen in at least four towns in the east of the country

The Polish Army has described the entry of unmanned aircraft into its territory as an ‘act of aggression’ and a ‘threat’ to the security of its citizens

Moscow employs thousands of Egyptian, Nigerian, Chinese, North Korean, and Cuban mercenaries to attack its neighboring country. Many are sent en masse to the front lines and end up as prisoners of war