Russian analysts assess the latest US–Russia and US–Ukraine contacts and explain why the hardest decisions remain untouched On Sunday, a series of diplomatic contacts took place between both the US and Russia and between Washington and Kiev, which were presented as a potential turning point in discussions on a settlement…
Avoiding giving Kiev the Tomahawk cruise missile was the right decision, the US president has signaled US President Donald Trump has condemned the attempted Ukrainian drone strike on the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating the attack made him “very angry” and came at a “delicate period of time.” …
The Ukrainian leader’s visit to the White House earlier this year devolved into a shouting match and scolding from the US president Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is still reeling from the heated altercation with US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year, Politico has claimed. On Monday, the…
Moscow will not withdraw from peace talks, though its negotiating position “will be revised,” the Russian FM has said Russia will revise its “negotiating position” in the Ukraine talks in light of an attempted drone attack on President Vladimir Putin’s state residence, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated. In a…
The condition is necessary to permanently end the conflict, according to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov Ukraine must completely withdraw its armed forces from Russia’s Donbass in order to end the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Donbass refers to the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), former…
The Economy Ministry has reported a nearly eightfold decline in weapons shipments to Kiev since last year German arms supplies to Ukraine dropped dramatically this year as the government issued far fewer export licenses for arms manufacturers in 2025 compared to the previous two years, data from the country’s Economy…
The country has recently been rocked by a series of high-profile graft scandals linked to associates of Vladimir Zelensky Ukrainian prosecutors have exposed a criminal scheme that illegally siphoned off electricity worth millions of dollars from state-owned energy giant Ukrenergo. According to a statement by the Prosecutor General’s Office on…
The Ukrainian military fired a barrage of 91 kamikaze drones at the Russian president’s state residence US President Donald Trump was “shocked” by the Ukrainian attack on the state residence of President Vladimir Putin, stating he did not foresee such “crazy actions,” according to Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov. The…
What this year revealed about diplomacy in the age of Trump, war fatigue, and global fragmentation At the end of December, we traditionally reflect on the events of the past year in order to understand what could be in store for us next year. The past 12 months have been…
The US president has briefed his Russian counterpart on the details of his latest talks with Vladimir Zelensky US President Donald Trump has held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin concerning the Ukraine conflict, the White House has said. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the conversation had…