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Kremlin confirms Ukraine talks paused, Zelensky says time to resume

Izvestia said the Kremlin had confirmed the pause. Zelensky said that it was time to resume peace talks and that Ukrainian negotiators would travel to the US on Saturday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks during the annual end-of-year news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2019. Picture taken December 19, 2019
Shrapnel falls in central Israel after two Iranian missile barrages.

Israel assassinates Iranian intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib, more killed in Iranian attacks

A view shows destroyed tanks near the village of Heorhiivka (Georgiyevka), in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, July 16, 2025.

Butterfly effect: How Russia's Ukraine war enabled Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre - opinion

Anti-aircraft gunner of the Russian military base in Tajikistan with the "Verba" MANPADS, June 2021; illustrative.

Iran signs €500 million arms deal with Russia for advanced shoulder-fired missiles - FT


Family of jailed Kremlin critic Navalny file lawsuit over visiting rights

The Navalny family intends to take the case as far as the Constitutional Court, the politician said on Monday in a post on his official Instagram page, which is run by his lawyers and allies.

 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence, in Moscow, Russia May 17, 2022.

'No question' that Putin is using a body double after Wagner revolt - analyst

Experts argue that the stark deviation from Putin's usual behavior and security protocols points to the involvement of a body double.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2022.

Russia's 'General Armageddon' detained after aiding Wagner mutiny - report

Russian General Sergei Surovikin reportedly has been detained after an abortive armed mutiny by mercenaries on Saturday.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, commander of Russian forces in Syria, attend a state awards ceremony for military personnel who served in Syria, at the Kremlin

Putin's former 'puppet master' urges an end to mercenary groups like Wagner

Vladislav Surkov, once known as the Kremlin’s ‘puppet master’ by friends and foes alike, said "private military companies" were an idea imported from the US, created to engage in proxy wars.

 Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023

Wagner Group's Prigozhin calls for mutiny, says Russia killed thousands

Wagner militia chief takes feud with top brass to new level, Prigozhin earlier accused army of deceiving Putin over Ukraine

 Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin speaks with servicemen during withdrawal of his forces from Bakhmut in an unidentified location, Russian-controlled Ukraine, in this still image taken from video released June 1, 2023.

UAE wishes to strengthen ties with Russia, Sheikh Mohammed tells Putin

The Middle East economic powerhouse has sought to maintain what it says is a neutral position on the Ukraine war.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan attend a meeting at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2023.

State treason trial of Russian physicist begins in St. Petersburg

Anatoly Maslov, 76, is one of three hypersonic missile scientists who worked at an institute in Novosibirsk and who are now facing what the Kremlin has said are "very serious accusations."

 Hypersonic rocket.

Kremlin: Russia's security services 'know their job' after Ukraine says Putin tops its kill list

Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence service, told Germany's Die Welt newspaper that Kyiv wanted to assassinate Putin.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, April 21, 2023.

Two Russian exiles, Kremlin critics, possible poisoned in Germany

Two women, a journalist and a director of an anti-Kremlin NGO, reported symptoms that suggested possible poisoning.

German police gather near Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, June 6, 2018.

Russia: UK military aid to Ukraine won't change conflict's course

Dmitry Peskov: "We take an extremely negative view of this. Britain is trying to be one of the leading countries which keeps pumping weapons into Ukraine."

 Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak (L), walks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky after greeting him on his arrival at Chequers on May 15, 2023 in Aylesbury, England.