Putin, Trump and Ukraine
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Zelenskyy just dared Putin to meet him in the city Russia claims it captured — Kyiv calls the Kremlin’s big win 'another Russian lie'
Vladimir Putin appeared in fatigues at a frontline command post on July 3, vowing to seize more Ukrainian territory as Moscow claimed the capture of Kostiantynivka. Zelenskyy dismissed the claim as "another Russian lie" and dared Putin to meet him there — while Trump held separate weekend calls with both leaders.
Ukraine has a secret weapon holding the line against impossible odds. But it’s not so secret. It’s women. Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, is refusing to learn the lessons of Russia’s own history, and the reality of his bungled three-day invasion now stretching into its fifth year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump in a July 4 call lasting nearly 90 minutes in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to Russia’s foreign ministry.
Ukraine is taking the war to Russia, but so far President Vladimir V. Putin’s response has been to keep attacking, including with deadly ballistic missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on Thursday.
President Putin has publicly acknowledged for the first time that Ukraine’s deep-strike drone and missile campaign is causing significant concern across Russia. In another notable departure, he referred to the conflict as a “war” rather than the Kremlin’s preferred term,
Ukraine has denied an allegation by Russia that it launched a drone strike on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's "official residences." Russia made the claims on Monday, saying it would revise its stance in peace talks. Ukraine said the allegation ...
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Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stable US relations after Trump summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The visit comes less than a week after U.S.
The prediction market odds that Russian President Vladimir Putin will step down have gone up as Ukraine has launched drone attacks deeper and deeper into Russian territory.
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Putin just expanded his personal bodyguard for the fourth time since the war began — and even his protectors are now being watched
Putin's paranoia is showing. For the fourth time since invading Ukraine, he's expanding his personal protection service — a 50,000-strong apparatus where officers taste his food first, keep rooms at his preferred temperature,
