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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone for nearly 90 minutes, …
Read More »Some Russians are turning on Putin as drones hit Moscow. Does it matter?
Last week, Moscow residents looked up at black smoke hanging over the city as Ukrainian drones buzzed overhead. It was Ukraine’s largest drone attack on the Russian capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled, while a major oil refinery on the …
Read More »Kremlin confirms Putin aware of Ukraine president’s open letter calling for face-to-face talks
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed about an open letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, …
Read More »Xi calls for end to Middle East hostilities, strengthens Russia trade deals as Putin visits China
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy …
Read More »Putin claims Russia will enact 32-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Easter weekend
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter …
Read More »‘Putin will not stop’: Zelenskyy warns world on 4th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s relentless war against his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelenskyy criticizes Putin, European inaction in impassioned Davos speech
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Europe’s response to the Greenland dispute with the U.S., saying that the continent needed to show more courage and describing it as a “fragmented kaleidoscope” of small and middle powers. “Instead of taking the lead in defending freedom worldwide, especially when America’s focus shifts elsewhere, …
Read More »Putin says Russia in a position of strength in Ukraine, with no need to make compromises on talks
President Vladimir Putin offered no compromise on his terms for ending the war in Ukraine on Friday and accused the European Union of attempting “daylight robbery” of Russian assets. Putin set out the Kremlin’s stance in the opening moments of his annual end-of-year news conference, a marathon call-in event that …
Read More »Amid strained ties between India and U.S., Modi and Putin are full of praise for each other
The greetings couldn’t have been warmer, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapping Vladimir Putin in a hug as soon as the Russian president stepped onto the tarmac in New Delhi Thursday evening for his first visit to India in four years. Both leaders jumped into the same vehicle for …
Read More »Putin says Russia will take Donbas by force if it’s not ceded by Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region by force unless Ukrainian forces withdraw — something Kyiv has flatly rejected. Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting between …
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