Putin ready to meet Trump ‘anytime’ to talk Ukraine deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was ready for talks “anytime” with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has touted his ability to strike a Ukraine peace deal within hours…
Russia detains suspect over murder of chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillo
MOSCOW – Russia said on Wednesday it had detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed a top general, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow…
A Russian general was killed by a bomb in Moscow. Ukraine official says secret service was behind it
A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against…
Zelensky says Ukraine wants ‘enduring’ peace to protect it from Russia
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he told US President-elect Donald Trump Kyiv needed an “enduring” peace that Russia will not “destroy” in the future, after they met in Paris…
Russia’s Sberbank to open offices in Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions this month
MOSCOW – Russia’s largest lender Sberbank plans to open offices in Russian-controlled parts of the Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia this month, Alexander Vedyakhin, first deputy chairman of Sberbank’s…
Russia vows reply after Ukraine strikes again with US missiles
Moscow on Tuesday vowed to retaliate after announcing Ukraine had struck Russian military installations with US-supplied weapons, after President Vladimir Putin had warned Kyiv and the West against the missile…
Putin says Russia fired hypersonic ballistic missile at Ukraine in warning to the West
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had launched a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile attack on a Ukrainian military facility, and warned the West that Moscow…
Ukraine criticises Western allies for embassy closures
Ukraine on Wednesday called on its Western allies not to fuel tension inside the country, after a string of embassies in Kyiv announced they would close, citing the threat of…
U.S. embassy in Kyiv shuts down after warning of potentially ‘significant’ Russian air attack
KYIV, Ukraine –The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to “specific information of a potential significant air attack” and told its citizens in Ukraine to be…
Russia says Ukraine fired US long-range missiles at border region overnight, says Ukraine’s ATACMS strikes mark ‘new phase’ of war
Russia’s military said Tuesday that Ukraine fired US-supplied long-range missiles at a military facility in the Bryansk border region, in what would be the first attack since Washington authorised the…