EU signals a new drive to buy European weapons and break its security dependency on the US

The European Union yesterday announced a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States, with a focus on buying more defense equipment in Europe rather

Russia and Ukraine trade overnight aerial attacks after Putin sets out conditions for ceasefire

Russia and Ukraine traded heavy aerial blows overnight, with both sides Saturday reporting more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories. The attacks

Putin agrees in principle with proposal for Ukraine ceasefire and says more discussions are needed

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday (early today, Macau time) that he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but he emphasized that the terms are yet to be worked out and noted that any truce should pave the way to lasting peace.

Russia says it has retaken Kursk’s biggest town from Ukraine as US awaits Putin’s ceasefire response

Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin’s response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year that Ukraine has endorsed.

Ukrainians wake up to Trump’s pause on all military aid

Ukrainians woke up yesterday to news that the Trump administration has paused military aid for their fight against Russia’s invasion, days after a disastrous Oval Office row

Russia and Indonesia hold talks to strengthen ties on defense and security

Russia and Indonesia took steps yesterday to strengthen their defense ties with a meeting between a top Russian security official and Indonesia’s defense minister in the

US refuses to blame Russia for Ukraine war, splitting with European allies in vote

In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion

Top Russian, US officials talk ending the war in Ukraine —without Kyiv

The top diplomats from Russia and the U.S. met yesterday in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine

Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts

President Donald Trump said late last week that he wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China and that eventually he hopes all

Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin talks on ending the war

President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine yesterday , saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations

Russia says it will help Vietnam become a ‘partner country’ in the BRICS bloc of developing nations

Russia will facilitate Vietnam’s participation in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as a “partner country,” the countries said in a joint statement on Wednesday after Russian

Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ but stops short of saying plane was shot down

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in

Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown

Russian police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow on Saturday as part of the government’s crackdown on “LGBTQ+ propaganda,” state media reported. Smartphones, laptops and video

Massive Russian missile and drone attack targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Russia conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure yesterday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials

Russia captures UK national fighting alongside Ukraine in the Kursk region, report says

The Russian military have captured a British national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops in Russia’s partially occupied Kursk region, state news agency Tass reported yesterday, citing unidentified

Troops sent to Russia may be pleased to be there, even as they face ferocious fighting

The thousands of young soldiers North Korea has sent to Russia, reportedly to help fight against Ukraine, are mostly elite special forces, but that hasn’t stopped

NATO confirms that North Korea has sent troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine

NATO yesterday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been deployed

Putin presides over BRICS summit seeking to expand Russia’s clout

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday presided at the closing session of a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, praising its role as a counterbalance to

Moscow adaptability to US sanctions stymied their effectiveness, economists say

Waves of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine haven’t inflicted the devastating blow to Moscow’s economy that some had expected. In

Lessons from Red Sea and Black Sea fight help prep Navy for possible conflict in East Asia

The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians

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