After Donald Trump, Putin to visit China’s Xi Jinping on May 19 for two days

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China on May 19 for a two-day visit, shortly after US President Donald Trump concluded his high-profile trip to Beijing, the Kremlin announced on Saturday.According to a Kremlin statement, Putin will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on ways to “further strengthen the comprehensive partnership and strategic […]

Putin announces truce with Ukraine during Orthodox Easter celebrations

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a temporary ceasefire with Ukraine for the duration of the Orthodox Easter holidays, the Kremlin said, after Kyiv also proposed a pause in hostilities.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that he had passed a holiday truce proposal via the United States, even as talks to end […]

392 drones and 34 missiles: Massive Russian barrage of strikes disrupts kills 5 across Ukraine, disrupts key European power route

Rescue workers try to put out a fire of a residential building burning after a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (AP photo) Russia launched a massive overnight assault on Ukraine, firing 392 drones and 34 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said on Tuesday, in one of the largest barrages in recent months.At least five people […]

Russia launches 370 drones, 21 missiles; Ukraine says strikes hit ‘negotiation table’

Russia launched more than 370 drones and 21 missiles at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said on Saturday, accusing Moscow of deliberately undermining peace talks as negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States met in Abu Dhabi for a second day of discussions to end the nearly four-year-long war.“Peace efforts? Trilateral meeting in the UAE? Diplomacy? […]

UK, France troops will be targets in Ukraine: Russia

MOSCOW: Russia said on Thursday that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western govts would be “legitimate combat targets”, after Britain and France announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.A Russian foreign ministry statement said “militaristic declarations” by a coalition of pro-Ukraine Western govts were becoming increasingly dangerous. […]

Ukraine did not target one of Putin’s residences, CIA briefs Trump

The CIA has determined that Ukraine did not target President Putin of Russia or one of his residences in an attack this week, according to US officials, rebutting an assertion Putin made in a phone call to President Trump on Monday. CIA director John Ratcliffe briefed Trump on the finding, a person familiar with the […]

War and peace: Ukrainians share their wish for 2026; hope for ‘hell’ to end

Ukraine marks its fourth year New Year since Russia’s offensive. Wishing peace at the commencement of 2026, Ukrainians express the “hell” their life has become due to attacks and power cuts.Strikes on energy grids in Ukraine intensified during the winter of 2025, leaving over 2,600 residences without power in the sub-zero temperatures in the Kyiv […]

Did Trump back Russia’s claims? What he said about the reported attack on Putin’s residence

Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia, an allegation Kyiv denied, but President Trump, who just listened from Vladimir Putin about it, said he was “very angry” about the claimed strike.The Kremlin’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow’s negotiating position to end its war in Ukraine […]

‘If Ukraine did not want to resolve …’: Putin sends warning ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could see Kyiv was in no hurry to end the Ukraine conflict by peaceful means, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.Putin said that if Ukraine did not want to resolve the conflict peacefully then Russia would accomplish all goals of its “special military operation” by force, Russian state […]