Vladímir Putin

“We are on the right track,” declares Russian Foreign Sergey Minister Lavrov, who adds that there are still details to be resolved

The warning from the US president, who has typically aligned himself with Russia’s stance on the war in Ukraine, comes as Washington steps up its diplomatic efforts to broker a peace agreement in the coming days

Volodymyr Zelenskiy cuts trip to South Africa short and insists on intensifying ‘diplomatic efforts’ to reach a ceasefire

Kyiv opposes Washington’s plans while the UK downgrades ceasefire negotiations in London to a meeting of technical experts after Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled his attendance

The head of the body overseeing elections believes Kyiv would need more than three months to organize a vote once hostilities cease

Germany, Poland, and Lithuania have expressed interest in a French nuclear umbrella amid concerns about US protection

The battalions of this unit are made up of veterans of the late Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary group who do not attempt to hide their rivalry with the Russian High Command

The United States, Russia and Argentina are limiting language use through their administrations, in what they describe as purge of ‘woke’ ideology 

Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounces a plan to recruit fighters through social media and maintains that Beijing authorities are aware of it. Soldiers undergo training for about two months before joining the offensive

Tariffs and annexation threats revive sports legend Gordie Howe’s slogan proclaiming that the country will not hesitate to defend itself against attacks from the US president

Ukraine leads the way in unmanned vehicle innovation, but the invaders are advancing with weapons that have been key to their recapture of territory in Kursk

The statesman who was president of the European Commision between 2014 and 2019 is writing his memoirs. In his office at the executive branch of the EU, he argues that the combined shock of Trumpism and the invasion of Ukraine is forcing Europe into a geopolitical awakening. ‘The era of Trump, Putin, and Xi,’ he declares, ‘forces Europe to defend itself’ 

Beijing experts sense a transatlantic rift and believe it’s possible that Chinese troops could be sent to Ukraine following a ceasefire, provided the UN supports the move

April Huggett traded her life as a homemaker in Canada for the trenches of Ukraine to defend democracy and freedom against Russia’s expansionist ambitions

Residents of this city annexed by Moscow are calling for an end to the conflict but admit the difficulties of reaching an agreement

Moscow and Kyiv admit they have doubts about the limits of military operations in a key area for both their economies

The US has also pledged to help restore Russian agricultural exports, which have been crippled by international sanctions since the February 2022 invasion

Washington confirms that the situation in the Black Sea was one of the major issues discussed in the talks held in Riyadh

Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong opposition in the former GDR to rearmament policies and support for Ukraine

The White House claims that the best way to guarantee the defense of Ukraine’s four nuclear plants is for them to be transferred to US ownership

Politicians and military personnel in Kyiv interpret the Russian leader’s call with Trump as showing that he has no intention of making peace

The Ukrainian president remains cautious about Putin’s commitment to the cease-fire agreed upon with the US. In the early hours of the morning, both sides targeted energy infrastructure

The Russian president demands an end to military and intelligence aid to the occupied country in order to accept a truce lasting longer than 30 days

Russian troop movements to Kursk to recapture the region are allowing Ukraine to stem the advance in the eastern province

The US president will discuss the distribution of Ukrainian assets with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to convince the Russian leader to accept a ceasefire

Following the publication of his new essay ‘The World After Gaza’, the Indian intellectual notes that the ‘ethnic cleansing’ that Israel is carrying out is the harbinger of a new culture of cruelty and impunity taking hold in the world. In his view, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have demonstrated the moral, political and military weakness of the West