‘Caught like dogs’: Putin mocks Ukraine’s army recruitment struggles, says Russians join willingly

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Putin during a meeting on Tuesday, said Ukrainian recruitment officials are catching people “like dogs” to enrol as volunteers in the conflict against Russia.He drew a comparison claiming Russia has been enjoying a steady flow of volunteers.“While the Kiev authorities are engaged in forced mobilisation – people are […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Russian leader Putin in Ankara on Thursday for talks

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (File Photo AP) KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than three-year war. Putin hasn’t yet said whether he will be at the talks, which US President […]

Donald Trump complains at intimate dinner he’s frustrated with Putin; his job this time is difficult than he thought

[ad_1] Donald Trump asked his advisers whether Putin changed since Trump’s first presidency, a Wall Street Journal report said. As President Donald Trumprecently crossed the 100-day mark of his second term and the administration celebrated it as nothing like his predecessors, a Wall Street Journal report said Trump expressed his frustration to an intimate group […]

‘I will be waiting for Putin’: Zelenksyy ahead of ceasefire talks with Russia in Turkey

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said he is ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Türkiye for direct peace talks.Zelenskyy expressed hope that a proposed ceasefire beginning Monday could finally bring an end to the bloodshed in the Ukraine–Russia conflict, which has now lasted almost three years.“I will be waiting for Putin,” […]

‘Potentially great day’: Donald Trump after Russia’s Putin proposes direct talks with Ukraine

[ad_1] File photo: US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Sunday welcomed what he described as a “potentially great day for Russia and Ukraine,” after Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed restarting peace talks with Kyiv amid renewed international pressure for a ceasefire.Posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Think of the hundreds of thousands […]

How Xi and Putin Got Closer

[ad_1] In terms of geopolitical bromances, this is it. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering China, explains how President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, are closer than ever before. [ad_2] Source link

Xi meets Putin in Moscow as Ukraine reports truce violations | World News

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (Image: AP) China’s Xi Jinping was in Moscow on Thursday for a state visit ahead of the Kremlin’s grand Victory Day celebrations, as Ukraine accused Russia’s army of launching air strikes just hours into a supposed truce.More than 20 foreign leaders are in Russia […]

China’s Xi aims to beef up ‘no limits’ Putin partnership

[ad_1] Chinese President XI Jinping (Left) and Vladimir Putin (AP) MOSCOW: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to Moscow on Wednesday for a key three-day visit including a grand Victory Day parade and a show of support for Vladimir Putin.Moscow and Beijing declared a “no limits partnership” weeks before Putin ordered Russia’s Ukraine offensive in February […]

With Acts of Subversion, Some Russians Fight Propaganda in Schools

[ad_1] Some schools in Russia are preparing fake schedules to conceal their efforts to shun patriotic education classes. Some parents school their children at home. Others try to help young people navigate a school system in which they say propaganda is pervasive. Faced with what they say is an ever-growing flood of misinformation about the […]

Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast Sunday that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not. In a preview of an upcoming interview with Russian state television, published on Telegram, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the […]