As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin signal they are prepared to start negotiations to end the Ukraine war, China is pushing to play a role. Chinese officials in recent weeks have floated a proposal to the Trump team through intermediaries to hold a summit between the two leaders and to facilitate peacekeeping efforts…
(Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t abandoned his broader goal of redrawing the balance of power in Europe three years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Estonia’s foreign intelligence service warned in a yearly report. Most Read from Bloomberg A temporary ceasefire in Ukraine risks giving Putin a chance to “catch his breath” before…
Wounded Russian troops are being sent to North Korean medical facilities, per a Russian official. Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang, Alexander Matsegora, said the deal involved “hundreds” of troops. War analysts said it could give North Korea an opportunity to learn even more from the Ukraine war. Russia is sending soldiers who were wounded in the…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend Moscow’s Victory Day in May to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Russian media outlet Tass said. Xi has reportedly accepted Russia’s invitation to attend the annual celebration of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, according to Tass which cited Igor…
By Andrew Osborn and Anastasiia Malenko MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are starting to encircle the strategically important eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after capturing a string of villages to its south, and Ukraine has halted production at its only coking coal mine nearby. Following are key facts about Pokrovsk, which Russians call by its Soviet-era…
As the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year, there is a collective feeling of exhaustion across the country. A lot of people are asking: when will it end? While campaigning last year, US President Donald Trump repeatedly declared he would end the war “in one day”. “I know [Ukrainian President Volodomyr] Zelenskyy well, I…
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed President Trump’s claim that the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022. He also echoed Trump’s false claims about fraud in the 2020 election. Putin said Moscow is ready for talks with the U.S. on a broad range…
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the 2022 invasion of Ukraine that resulted in a full-blown war might not have happened had Donald Trump been U.S. president at the time. President Trump has said at various times that the war would not have broken out had he been…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin had a call Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president. The two leaders have developed strong personal links that helped bring relations between Moscow and Beijing, growing even closer after…
Moscow, Russia: Donald Trump’s return to the White House will not bring a speedy end to the nearly three years of conflict in Ukraine, Russians on the streets of Moscow told AFP. The US President-elect, who will be inaugurated Monday, has pledged a swift end to the fighting, with his team insisting both sides will…