Russia-Ukraine War

The agreement would grant Washington revenues from Kyiv’s exploitation of rare minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, and natural gas.

The pair have been leading the Trump administration’s efforts to procure a peace deal in Ukraine and end the war.

Ukraine’s martial law system allows for military conscription and the suspension of certain political activities, including regular democratic elections.

Defence Minister Richard Marles provided some reassurance on the situation after speaking to his Indonesian counterpart.

The president urged Russia to ‘get moving’ on a peace deal while emphasizing the devastating human toll of ‘a terrible and senseless war.’

A Kremlin spokesman reiterated the claim that Russian forces carry out strikes ‘solely on military and paramilitary targets.’

Finland is the latest country to abandon the 1997 Ottawa convention on landmines, but are anti-personnel mines the answer to Moscow’s threat?

The meeting comes as Trump attempts to get Moscow to come to the negotiating table for a potential cease-fire in Ukraine.

The UK, France, and the other European countries involved in the ‘coalition of the willing’ are still hoping for security guarantees from the United States

Slated for April 10, the meeting follows a first round of U.S.–Russia discussions hosted by Turkey in February.

U.S. soldiers are relocating to other areas of Poland after using Jasionka as a makeshift hub for flowing aid to Ukraine since 2022.

Moscow has yet to confirm—or even acknowledge—the Ukrainian leader’s assertion.

The Ukrainian president said he has instructed the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine to ‘immediately contact Beijing.’

Sumy shares a border with Russia’s western Kursk region, from which Ukrainian forces now appear to be in full retreat.

A limited US-backed cease-fire fails to take hold as Russian forces continue to make gains in Donbas and Kursk.

Rubio said lawmakers are preparing to raise new sanctions against Russia if negotiations for peace in Ukraine falter.

The new deployment is part of an effort by Berlin to secure NATO’s eastern flank and show that Europe can take on a greater responsibility for its own defense.

Moscow says it is maintaining contact with Washington but that issues under discussion ‘require a lot of additional effort.’

The move put the Finnish government on the same path as Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia continues to face U.S. sanctions and that ’restrictions continue to apply to American companies.’