Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine Thursday. Kiev has confirmed war has broken out between Russia and Ukraine, and Moscow has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
As Western allies ponder implementing harsher sanctions on Moscow amid its ongoing war in Ukraine, the Kremlin denied that additional economic pressure will force Russia to change course.
U.S. President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin "what he wanted" by meeting him in Alaska last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated in an interview with ABC News.
US President Donald Trump has stated he was “not happy” about the Russia-Ukraine war after Moscow hit Kyiv with its largest drone attack since the war began, stressing his administration’s failure so far to reach a peace deal even after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month.
A record mass Russian drone and missile attack on cities across Ukraine has killed at least 3 people and injured 32 others, local authorities reported.
Western businesses are welcome to return to Russia if they have not supported the Ukrainian army and have met all obligations to their employees and the state, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky once again dismissed a proposal to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, suggesting the Russian leader should come to Ukraine instead.
Kiev’s European backers want the US to oversee a buffer zone between Russia and Ukraine in the event of a peace accord, with troops from non-NATO countries such as Bangladesh or Saudi Arabia potentially deployed on the ground, NBC News reported Friday, citing anonymous sources.
Top US military officials have been involved in drawing up a plan for “security guarantees” for Kiev advocated by Britain and France that includes a massive troop deployment to Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing a European diplomat.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine amid the war would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow.
The United States has started to phase out foreign funding programs for NATO countries bordering Russia in an effort to push its European allies to pay for their own security, Financial Times has reported.
NATO chief Mark Rutte has stated that Russia did not have a veto on whether Western powers can deploy troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees if a truce is reached.
United States President Donald Trump has issued a thinly veiled threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine war, warning of unspecified consequences if he is unhappy with Moscow’s next steps in the conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his readiness to host Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Moscow. Holding meetings for the sake of meetings is a “path to nowhere,” however, and such talks must be meaningful, he stressed.
Moscow is not open to foreign peacekeeping troops securing a ceasefire or peace accord in Ukraine, Russian state media reported, citing Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to hold direct talks at this time, according to Reuters.
EU military spending is set to hit a fresh record of 381 billion euros in 2025, as the member states plough more money into warding off Russia, the bloc's defence agency announced Tuesday.
European Union countries are weighing new measures to close potential loopholes that could allow Russian gas to continue flowing into the bloc after a full ban takes effect by the end of 2027, Bloomberg has reported.
No deal has been reached between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on the former holding talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky or on a trilateral summit, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has stated.
Around 2,000 North Korean soldiers deployed to help Russia fight Ukraine are estimated to have been killed, South Korea's spy agency claimed Tuesday, according to a lawmaker.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that the Donald Trump administration is considering new sanctions on Russia after President Vladimir Putin intensified strikes on Ukraine despite recent peace talks.
A European “war party” is trying to sabotage the diplomatic process launched by the US and Russia to end the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought on Monday to defend his Ukraine offensive to Moscow's allies, slamming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half year war that has killed tens of thousands and devastated much of eastern Ukraine.
European capitals are preparing “pretty precise plans” for potential troop deployments to Ukraine as part of postwar security guarantees, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times (FT), adding that the measures would carry full U.S. support.
