Russian strongman Vladimir Putin claimed during his traditional end-of-year press conference on Friday that Russia was “ready” for a peace agreement to end its invasion of Ukraine, but peace talks were impossible as “we truly do not see such readiness” from Kyiv.
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said that he thinks the United States should shift from mediation talks to more pressure on Russia. Host Bret
Europe pulled in two directions over whether to approve a financial structure using frozen Russian assets to enable a mega loan to Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Moscow will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin’s demands in peace talks.
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin praised North Korean troops for fighting “valiantly and bravely” against Ukrainians in Kursk, a Russian region Ukraine counter-invaded last year, during a Defense Ministry meeting on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday in Turkmenistan to discuss the war in Ukraine. Their meeting was unexpectedly interrupted by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who demanded an audience with Putin to secure his support against India and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated his Syrian counterpart, former al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Monday on the occasion of the anniversary of the fall of former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said negotiations with the United States to end Russia’s invasion of his country were “constructive.”
Friday on C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said the Trump administration was acting like Russian President Vladimir Putin by “striking innocents in the Caribbean.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised an “uninterrupted” supply of cheap oil to India after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, defying President Donald Trump’s effort to use tariff pressure to get India to stop funding Putin’s war machine in Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron concluded a visit to China on Friday – one in which he reportedly “urged” genocidal dictator Xi Jinping, a close ally of Vladimir Putin’s, to help stop the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for meetings with top officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Seven Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families, First Lady Melania Trump announced on Thursday as she has continued to advocate for reunification for these children for months.
Ukraine war ‘peace’ talks were “difficult” but “necessary”, Russia’s Putin said, adding coming to a consensus on Ukraine “is no easy feat”.
The Kremlin says talks between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff were “constructive.”
Talks show Putin has no interest in peace and is stringing Western leaders along to achieve his own battlefield ends, Euro leaders said/
Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that the Russian government is extremely interested in helping India expand its use of nuclear power, indicating it will be a top priority for Vladimir Putin when he visits the country this week.
Russia would totally eliminate European opponents and be left with “nobody to negotiate with” if war came, Putin said in belligerent remarks.
American Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff is scheduled to meet with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Tuesday afternoon, the Kremlin confirmed on Monday. The White House’s proposal to end the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine will be addressed by the duo.
Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov stated on Wednesday that his government had yet to discuss the U.S.-proposed deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, contrary to multiple reports, and that such talks would not occur until U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow.
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that “tremendous progress” has been made in the past week on efforts to wind down the Russia-Ukraine war.
President Donald Trump looks to bring a peace deal to fruition in the Russia-Ukraine war, and if he does so, it would mark the ninth conflict or war he has settled.
Multiple reports indicated on Tuesday that U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll is holding meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi to discuss a U.S.-proposed end to the Ukraine invasion.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Fox News Contributor and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that we have not “remotely put enough pressure on” Vladimir Putin, adding, “I don’t think the Biden administration did.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that his “main problem” with the 28-point peace plan proposed by the United States is that it legally recognizes territory Russia stole from Ukraine by force during the invasion that began in 2022.
South Africa has been preparing for a disappointing Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg this weekend that would be missing the leaders of the United States, China, Russia, Argentina, and Mexico — although President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed on Thursday that the U.S. might rescind its boycott and attend after all.
The Trump administration rolled out a 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine on Thursday, prompting swift, although somewhat equivocal, responses from both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely to be brokered before the spring, President Alexander Stubb of Finland said.
The government of South Africa on Thursday announced an investigation into how 17 of its citizens became mercenaries on the battlefields of Ukraine. The men are sending “distress signals” pleading for rescue, and their families claim they were tricked into fighting.
Russian energy company Lukoil on Monday declared force majeure at West Qurna-2, a huge oilfield in Iraq. The Iraqi government has reportedly halted all payments to Lukoil due to U.S. sanctions imposed in October.
Putin discussed what Russia would have to do to perform a nuclear test at short notice during a meeting of his Security Council in Moscow.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday that he and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping agreed to “work together” to end the war in Ukraine during their “amazing meeting” in South Korea.
Russian oil giant Lukoil issued a statement on Monday saying it would sell many of its international assets spread out across 11 different countries under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s latest round of sanctions.
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin hosted North Korea Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui in Moscow on Monday, a visit timed to coincide with President Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour of Asia this week that he has expressed hope would include a meeting with dictator Kim Jong-un.
Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military, President Vladimir Putin claimed in remarks released on Sunday.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview on Friday that his country was not planning to abide by President Donald Trump’s recent sanctions imposed on the Russian oil industry and was studying ways to “circumvent” them.
Indian oil refiners were reportedly unhappy with Wednesday’s news that President Donald Trump imposed heavy sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil.
Alexander Khinshtein, governor of Russia’s Kursk region, said in a televised interview on Tuesday that North Korean troops are assisting with mine-clearing efforts along the border with Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to the U.S. Treasury Department’s latest round of sanctions against Russian oil on Thursday by dismissing them as irrelevant, claiming Russia will “not face any particular problems.”
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin oversaw exercises of his nuclear forces from the Kremlin on Wednesday.
