Moscow’s forces have also entered Sudzha, the largest town that fell under Kyiv’s control, and were conducting “assault operations” there, the state TASS news agency reported. Kyiv launched its surprise assault on the Kursk region in August but has steadily lost ground as Moscow deploys thousands of reinforcements including North Korean soldiers. Ukraine now risks […]
“The Defense Ministry’s air defense continues to repel a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow,” Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. “As of now, the Defense Ministry’s air defense forces have shot down 69 enemy drones flying toward Moscow,” he added in a separate post. At least one person was killed and three more wounded […]
The United States, once Ukraine’s main ally, has upended its wartime policies in its stated pursuit of a rapid end to the fighting, engaging directly with Moscow while cutting off military assistance and intelligence sharing for Kyiv. Zelenskiy is expected to meet Mohammed bin Salman, whose Saudi Arabia has played various mediating roles since Russia’s […]
As the 4-1/2-hour meeting in the Saudi capital was underway, Russia hardened its demands, notably insisting it would not tolerate the NATO alliance granting membership to Kyiv. It was the first time U.S. and Russian officials have sat down together to discuss ways to halt the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two. Ukraine […]
Trump said the pair agreed to “immediately” start negotiations on the Ukraine conflict during the call, which marked the first direct presidential contact between Washington and Moscow in three years. “There is a need to organize such a meeting quite promptly, the heads of state have a lot to talk about,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov […]
“I can confirm that the process to disconnect began at 06:00 (local time),” Litgrid spokesman Matas Noreika told AFP after Lithuania switched off its power connection with Belarus and Russia. Lithuania was the first among the three Baltic countries to decouple from the Moscow-controlled electricity network, and Estonia and Latvia are due to follow suit […]
The former Syrian president, a key Russian ally in the Middle East, fled to Moscow last year after being ousted in a lightning rebel offensive that ended five decades of rule by the Assad family. Russia sent its first high-level delegation to the war-torn country on Tuesday, with Moscow keen to retain two military bases […]
The Ukrainian leader responded by saying that Putin was “afraid” of negotiations and was using “cynical tricks” to prolong the nearly three-year conflict. US President Donald Trump has put pressure on both sides to end the fighting since assuming office on January 20, threatening tougher sanctions on Russia while claiming that Zelensky is ready to […]
Moscow has been pressing hard in eastern Ukraine, and the claimed capture of the industrial town is a major boost for its forces just two weeks before US President-elect Donald Trump comes to power, having vowed to strike a peace deal. Both sides are looking to secure a better position on the battlefield before his […]
Slovakia is dependent on gas passing through its neighbor Ukraine, and it has ramped up efforts to maintain those flows from 2025 while criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for refusing to extend the contract expiring at the end of the year. Fico’s trip to Moscow was only the third by an EU government head since […]
