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In this strategy game, you lead a battalion aiming to liberate Ukraine from Nazi rule,” reads the description of Russia’s ...

With peace talks on the horizon, Russia currently controls about one-fifth of Ukrainian territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to ask for Ukrainian forces to retreat from four ...

ISTANBUL — The first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine since the early weeks of the war lasted just two hours in Istanbul on Friday, with Russia taking a hard line and the two sides coming ...

Putin of Russia. By Marc Santora and Matthew Mpoke Bigg Russia targeted Ukraine on Sunday with one of its largest drone bombardments of the war, an apparent show of force only a day before ...

Russia has launched what is thought to be the largest drone strike on Ukraine since it invaded the country in 2022, just days after Friday’s peace talks. A total of 273 exploding drones and ...

The release of the videos follows Pyongyang’s recent admission that North Korean soldiers were fighting for Russia in the war with Ukraine. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin Pool/Zuma Press and ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday welcomed Russia’s offer for direct peace talks, but insisted there must be a full, temporary ceasefire in place before ...

The European Union and Britain adopted new sanctions against Russia’s “shadow fleet” on Tuesday, in a bid to cut off a source of funding for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Relief from Western ...

Tents, shelters for fighter jets and warehouses for military vehicles show increased Russian presence near one of NATO’s newest members. Feb. 2025 Lorem ipsum Tents at Russian training base ...

President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine "as soon as we can set it up." The president, speaking from Abu ...

KYIV and MOSCOW — Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met for direct talks in Istanbul on Friday — a day later than planned and amid lowered expectations for any peace deal given the absence ...