Vladímir Putin

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

A hot mic caught the leaders of China and Russia exchanging ideas about increasing their own longevity that science doesn’t support. They’d be better off focusing on healthy lifestyles for the years they may have ahead of them

The UN and OSCE accuse Moscow of systematic mistreatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Putin is considering withdrawing the country from the European anti-torture treaty

‘Today, humanity once again faces the choice between peace and war,’ Xi Jinping warned during an event commemorating Japan’s surrender in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the end of World War II

European defense and foreign ministers convene in Copenhagen with the priority of expanding sanctions against Moscow and discussing the fate of frozen Russian assets

A dozen member states have some form of Armed Forces civilian training program, a growing trend since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Germany is the latest to follow suit

Complete control of the depressed industrial belt of eastern Ukraine, from which millions of Ukrainians have fled in the last decade, would offer a major victory to Putin and put Kyiv at risk of a new invasion

It is the first time in history Pyongyang has held a ceremony to honor military personnel fighting beyond its borders

The carefully choreographed European talks sought to curb the US cronyism with Putin seen in Alaska and increase pressure on Moscow to agree to negotiations with Kyiv

Moscow insists it must be part of negotiations on the mechanisms to ensure Kyiv’s future security

The US president has ruled out deploying ground troops, and says Europe will take the lead in protecting Kyiv from Russia’s attacks