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Zubok argues that the West played a key role in creating the Russia we face today
Vladimir Putin
Verona Murphy attends Swiss conference alongside sanctioned Russian politician
Ukraine says Valentina Matviyenko’s attendance at summit of women speakers ‘disgraceful and should never have happened’
We must be honest about who Vladimir Putin is. His goal is not peace, but empire
There is a dangerous silence on the crime that made all other atrocities possible: the crime of aggression
Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine after Trump shortens peace deal deadline
Prison bombed three years to the night after similar strike killed more than 50 Ukrainians
Donald Trump tells Moscow to reach peace deal with Kyiv in 10-12 days or face severe tariffs
US president’s patience with Kremlin wearing thin at lack of progress in ending Europe’s largest armed conflict since 1945
Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg as Putin visits city to mark Navy Day
Russian ministry says air defence units downed 291 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones
Ukraine says it is holding back Russia’s offensive but has only received pledges for three Patriot systems
Volodymyr Zelenskiy renews call for summit with Vladimir Putin to end Russia-Ukraine war
How a Chinese border town keeps Russia’s economy afloat
The flow of goods in Manzhouli, China’s main border crossing with Russia, underscores close ties between the countries, complicating Beijing’s relationship with Europe
Some 48 people, including 5 children, die after plane crashes in Russia
Russian government announces investigation into cause of incident
Two killed and dozens hurt in Russian strikes on Ukraine as Kremlin rebuffs calls for summer summit
Ukrainian president tries to defuse domestic and western concern over anti-corruption efforts
Kremlin predicts ‘very difficult’ meeting as Ukraine-Russia peace talks resume
Kyiv says it will push for full ceasefire and Zelenskiy-Putin summit during negotiations in Istanbul
Russia open to peace with Ukraine but ‘our goals’ must be achieved, says Kremlin
Comments come after Trump gives Moscow deadline to agree to ceasefire or face tougher sanctions
Volodymyr Zelenskiy offers Russia more peace talks next week
Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of talks in Istanbul over the past five months
Trump’s threats against Russia are a charade meant to buy Putin time
Worldview: Trump basically gave Putin 50 days’ protection from new sanctions, says Phillips Payson O’Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland
German and UK leaders sign mutual defence pact as US steps back
Treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other
Kremlin calls for more US pressure on Ukraine and lambasts ‘militaristic’ Europe
But drop in drone strikes during Trump envoy’s visit to Kyiv shows Russia is ‘afraid of America’, Zelenskiy says
Moscow rejects ‘enormous’ and ‘indecent’ western pressure over Ukraine
Some in Ukraine question why Trump gave Russia 50 more days to bombard them
The Irish Times view on Trump and Ukraine: a step in the right direction
Europeans and other western allies will be pleased that Trump’s new policy appears to return the US to the common front against Russia
Trump agrees arms deal for Ukraine and gives Russia ‘50 days’ to make peace or face tariffs
US leader says phone calls with Vladimir Putin are ‘very pleasant - and then the missiles go off’
Trump offers to send more arms to Ukraine via Nato allies
US president appears to cool on Vladimir Putin and welcomes move for further sanctions against Russia
Russia launches deadly drone attacks on Ukrainian capital Kyiv
At least two killed in missile and drone attack as US joins talks on ‘coalition of the willing’
The Danish city that heats its homes with underground water
Europe letter: A small geothermal plant could heat up to a fifth of homes in Aarhus in the next few years
Sanctioned Russian ship intercepted by Coast Guard after docking in Louth
Shtandart is subject to European sanctions imposed following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Russia attacks Ukraine with 700 drones after Trump vows to send Kyiv more weapons
‘He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless,’ says Trump of Putin
Breaking down in tears at the scene was mortifying. It was also the only sane response
Rachel Reeves has been castigated for crying, but sometimes tears are the only way to react rationally
Kremlin cautious on Trump pledge to send more US weapons to Ukraine
Delivery of some weapons was held up last week over concerns that US stockpiles were low
Trump and Zelenskiy discuss arms supplies after Russia’s biggest drone attack on Ukraine
Kyiv accuses Vladimir Putin of ‘publicly humiliating’ Donald Trump as attack comes hours after the two leaders spoke by phone
‘Doubts’ about US commitment to European security should bring EU and Ukraine closer, says Zelenskiy
Ursula von der Leyen says more pressure needs to be put on Russia to end war in Ukraine
Germany to help Ukraine make weapons more quickly
Move will help Kyiv negotiate more strongly in peace talks, German foreign minister says
Ukraine claims advances in Sumy halted as Lavrov says Nato spending rise will not affect Russian security
Russian foreign minister says decision to increase Nato defence spending to 5% of allies’ GDP not ‘significant’
The idea that the Kremlin has kompromat on Trump seems increasingly plausible
If the White House capitulates to Putin on Ukraine, it will grossly and perhaps fatally betray the principles on which Nato was founded
Russian missile attack kills 17 in southeastern Ukraine
Seventeen killed and more than 200 injured in southeastern Ukraine in latest Russian missile attack
Where were China and Russia when Iran needed them most?
Stability in the Middle East is more valuable to Beijing than any cost or distraction a war with Iran might create for the US
Iran fires missiles at key US base in Qatar
Doha appears to have had advance warning of attack which followed US bombing or Iranian nuclear sites
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