Russia-Ukraine war

Any Western talk of peace in the Ukraine conflict is merely a “decoy” as Washington and its allies remain intent on inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated

NATO allies have agreed to fund military aid for Ukraine with 40 billion euros ($43 billion) next year, two Western European diplomats told Reuters on Wednesday. It comes a week before the military alliance's leader's scheduled meeting in Washington.

Global confidence in Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to do the right thing has declined across a broad grouping of countries, including in Europe, according to a Pew survey.

The government in Kiev can’t hope to launch offensive operations against Russia without more manpower, but even prison recruiting has fallen short of its needs, according to reports by the Wall Street Journal and Die Welt.

Kiev is not ruling out peace talks on the conflict with Moscow, but they can only be held through intermediaries, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has stated. He suggested that the format used to broker the 2022 Black Sea grain deal could provide a foundation for negotiations.

Russian strikes on villages across Ukraine killed at least 12 people on Saturday, leading Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for "accelerated" Western weapons deliveries.

Kiev is preparing a “comprehensive plan” for ending the conflict with Russia that should be ready by the end of the year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Vladimir Zelensky has stated.

Foreign financial aid to Ukraine has hit record lows since February 2022 after falling to a monthly average of 1.9 billion euros ($2 billion) in the first half of 2024, an analysis of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's data showed on Saturday. Kiev also received no funds in May.

The US Defense Department is unable to locate $62 million worth of weapons given to Ukraine amid war with Russia, according to a report.

A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and current chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, the court announced in a statement on its website.

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador to Moscow after Ukraine used American-supplied ATACMS missiles in an attack on the Crimean peninsula, resulting in numerous civilian casualties.

Washington bears responsibility for the latest Ukrainian missile strike on the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced in a statement. The attack, involving US-supplied ATACMS missiles, killed at least four people, including two children, and left more than 150 injured, according to authorities.

The Ukrainian military has launched several US-made ATACMS long-range missiles armed with highly controversial cluster munitions on Crimea, resulting in numerous civilian casualties, Russia's Defense Ministry has claimed.

Ukrainian officials are imploring Washington to allow the use of US-made ATACMS long-range missiles for strikes deep into Russia, according to a report.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a candidate in Iran's upcoming presidential election, expressed strong criticism in a recent tweet regarding Iran's handling of the Ukraine conflict and economic sanctions.

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service has claimed Western countries plan to write-off Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and replace him with Valery Zaluzhny.

The North Atlantic alliance is a relic of the past, and should do some soul-searching about its purpose, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian has stated at a briefing.

Ukraine will never become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has claimed, warning the US-led military bloc against repeating "past mistakes."

To become a NATO member, Kiev has to “win the war” with Moscow first, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists.

The French magazine L’Obs claims in a report that the Russian embassy in Tehran is recruiting and organizing Afghans to fight in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov believes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should think about Russian leader Vladimir Putin's peace proposal because the military situation for Kiev is worsening.

Ukraine would hold peace talks “tomorrow” if Russia pulls out of all Ukrainian territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated at a peace summit in Switzerland.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to “immediately” order a ceasefire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Kiev responded by calling Moscow's proposal “manipulative” and “absurd”.

The document signed by US President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Voldoymyr Zelensky is largely irrelevant and meant to deceive the Ukrainian people, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed.

Ukraine must remove its troops from Russia’s new regions before any meaningful peace negotiations can begin, President Vladimir Putin has stressed.