U.S.-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia Set to Go Beyond Ukraine

U.S.-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia Set to Go Beyond Ukraine

Senior American and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the most extensive negotiations between the two countries in at least three years, as President Trump pushes to end the war in Ukraine and the Kremlin seeks warmer ties with Washington. Ahead of the talks in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Russian officials said … Read more

US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return

US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine‘s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on U.S. interests. The proposal, which was at the center of Zelenskyy’s talks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on the … Read more

Ukrainians Fear Peace May Strand Them Forever From Lost Homes

Ukrainians Fear Peace May Strand Them Forever From Lost Homes

Olena Matvienko knows she doesn’t have much to go home to. The Russians captured her city, Mariupol, shortly after invading Ukraine. A Russian missile destroyed her old apartment building. Her daughter and her granddaughter were killed in the city. Still, Ms. Matvienko, 66, would like to return. But after comments by President Trump and his … Read more

Ukraine Launches ‘Massive’ Drone Attacks Inside Russia, Officials Say

Ukraine Launches ‘Massive’ Drone Attacks Inside Russia, Officials Say

Ukraine carried out “massive” drone strikes on several regions of Russia overnight, local officials there said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in a Ukrainian campaign to cripple Russia’s war machine on its home turf. The attacks, mostly in southwestern Russia, were the latest in a series that … Read more

Russia Claims to Seize Key Eastern Ukraine Town of Kurakhove

Russia Claims to Seize Key Eastern Ukraine Town of Kurakhove

Five months after storming across the border into the Kursk region of southern Russia, Ukrainian forces were making a renewed push on Monday to drive deeper into Russia, even as they appear to have lost a strategic town in eastern Ukraine. While the scale of the renewed Ukrainian offensive in Kursk remains unclear, both Russian … Read more

Zelenskyy calls Russian missile strike a strategic message to US, NATO, Ukraine

Zelenskyy calls Russian missile strike a strategic message to US, NATO, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a Russian non-nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile strike, calling it a strategic message to Ukraine, NATO, and the US. He claimed that Putin views Ukraine as a training ground and fears normalcy and dignity. Zelenskyy accused Putin of disregarding human dignity, freedom, and life, while seeking weapons in Iran and North … Read more

Video: Why Are North Korean Troops in Russia?

Video: Why Are North Korean Troops in Russia?

Over the last month, North Korea’s role aiding Russia in its war in Ukraine has significantly escalated. U.S. officials reported that North Korean soldiers are already operating in the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces are staging a counteroffensive. Michael Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what the … Read more

Analysis: High on symbolism, Modi’s Ukraine visit expected to smoothen bilateral relations

Analysis: High on symbolism, Modi’s Ukraine visit expected to smoothen bilateral relations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a bilateral meeting, at Mariinsky Palace, in Kyiv. File | Photo Credit: ANI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his visit to Ukraine, Russia rained missiles on Ukraine over the weekend. The visit which was high on symbolism saw some sharp … Read more

PM Modi going to Ukraine can be helpful to getting us to an end to conflict: White House

PM Modi going to Ukraine can be helpful to getting us to an end to conflict: White House

Washington DC: Calling India a strong partner of the US, White House said that the United States welcomes any other country willing to be helpful in trying to end the conflict in Ukraine and Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to Kyiv can contribute to achieving a peaceful resolution aligned with Zelenskyy‘s vision. National Security Communications … Read more