Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Russia
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Russia has reached a stalemate on the battlefield in Ukraine, and fears are growing in European capitals that Vladimir Putin will try to shuffle the cards by expanding the conflict into Europe, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Russia has escalated threats against the Baltic states to test NATO cohesion, as Western intelligence warns Putin may be running out of options
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks the war with Ukraine is coming to an end as President Trump brokers a three-day ceasefire and prisoner exchange between both nations.
Until this weekend, the prevailing narrative in the Russia-Ukraine war was that Vladimir Putin was on the back foot.
After the nuclear disaster in 1986, the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl reactor was evacuated amid fears of radioactive contamination
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine is spinning out of his control. The Russian army reached a dismal milestone this spring. For the first time since October 2024, Russian forces experienced a net loss of territory in April,
Its residents could either bathe in the patriotic glory of war or ignore it altogether, shutting their eyes to distant suffering while reaping the benefits the conflict brought to Russia’s economy. No longer.
Crude oil futures have jumped over 40% since the Iran war started. The US has also temporarily eased some sanctions pressure on Russian oil.
European officials fear Russia’s “grey war” is entering a more dangerous phase, with gas pipelines, electricity interconnectors, offshore networks, and subsea infrastructure increasingly vulnerable to sabotage and cyberattacks. Security sources say ...