US Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Washington to escalate economic restrictions against Russia, including imposing tariffs on countries that continue to purchase Russian oil and seizing tankers carrying sanctioned Russian energy products. Last month, President Donald Trump proposed a roadmap for resolving the Ukraine conflict. Kiev and its European allies rejected the plan as favoring…
Washington is recalling more than two dozen career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts worldwide, according to U.S. officials. The move comes as part of a sweeping reshuffle under President Donald Trump’s revamped foreign policy. Since returning to office in January, Trump has launched a wide-ranging government overhaul to remove holdovers from the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s recent video address, labeling it a performance that fails to reflect the true military realities on the ground. In an attempt to counter Russian reports claiming full control over Kupyansk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, Zelensky filmed himself at a marker near the city entrance. During…
Slovakia will not provide further funding for Ukraine’s military because the conflict cannot be settled on the battlefield, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. Fico, who survived an assassination attempt by a pro-Ukraine activist in 2024, was speaking after EU leaders failed to reach agreement on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to back…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the European Union that any attempt to access the country’s sovereign funds would trigger severe repercussions for the bloc, risking damage to the foundations of the modern financial system. Western nations froze approximately $300 billion in Russian central bank assets following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022….
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for renewed dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating that such engagement is essential as diplomatic efforts regarding the Ukraine conflict gain momentum. The remarks follow a disastrous European Union summit in which the bloc failed to agree on a contentious plan to use €210 billion ($246 billion) in…
Moscow would “eliminate” any threats created around Kaliningrad, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday during his traditional end-of-year Q&A session. The Russian leader cautioned that attempting to blockade the exclave on the Baltic coast would spark an “unprecedented escalation” and could expand into a large-scale armed conflict. Putin stated he hoped such a scenario would…
Four Russian teenagers have been detained on suspicion of planning acts of sabotage and arson against transport and energy infrastructure in Russia’s Lipetsk Region, including a plot targeting a key oil pipeline. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday that the group had acted under Ukrainian guidance. The FSB stated that the suspects, aged…
Washington has reportedly warned Kiev that its offer of NATO-style security guarantees could expire if it does not accept peace terms soon. On Monday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Berlin to discuss President Donald Trump’s peace proposal. While specific details remain undisclosed, American officials described the…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that EU nations’ leaders risk sparking political backlash across Western Europe if they are forced to divert frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine after previously assuring voters that taxpayer money would not be used. Speaking to the Patriota YouTube channel on Tuesday, Orban said that EU leaders were…