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Donbas control, land swaps: Putin outlines potential Ukraine peace terms to Russian businessmen

"Vladimir Putin asserted that the Russian side is still ready to make the concessions that he made in Anchorage. In other words, that 'Donbas is ours,'" Kommersant reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.
Russian foreign policy presidential aide Yuri Ushakov waits for a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 10, 2025.

Kremlin aide Ushakov on US-Ukraine talks: 'We may not like it'

Anna Novikova, a French-Russian national detained in France on suspicion of espionage, has an extensive network of ties with Kremlin proxies, looks on, in this screengrab obtained from an undated video, in Donetsk region, Ukraine.

Woman suspected by France of spying has ties to Kremlin proxies, social media posts show

Diana Loginova, a teenage Russian street musician performing under the name Naoko and singing in the Stoptime group who twice served short jail stints for singing anti-Kremlin songs, attends a court hearing as she faces another public order charge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 11, 2025.

Young street musicians jailed for singing anti-Kremlin songs have fled Russia, media reports


US offered Ukraine security guarantee modeled after article 5 of NATO treaty, Axios reports

Trump's plan says any future "significant, deliberate, and sustained armed attack" by Russia "shall be regarded as an attack threatening the peace and security of the transatlantic community.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he boards Air Force One en route to Washington, at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 16, 2025.

Kremlin says its troops will 'destroy' foreigners fighting for Kyiv amid peace talks stalemate

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back on Moscow's claims on peace talks and stated that Kyiv was ready for a conversation, just not one that would require it to cede land. 

Colombians, who serve in Ukrainian Armed Forces, attend a farewell ceremony for their compatriots who were recently killed in a fight against Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 28, 2025.

Trump declared war on Kremlin, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev claims

Medvedev wrote that pressure from Congress to sanction Russian companies "still doesn’t change the most important thing: these decisions are an act of war against Russia."

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia political party Dmitry Medvedev attends an event marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2025.

EU leaders back 'drone wall' to repel Russia after airspace violations

European authorities have accused Russia of brazen violations of the region's airspace, including with recent incursions by drones over Poland and fighter jets over Estonia.

A Russian drone strike on the Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in the Peresyp district of Odessa caused significant damage to the building

Holy war: How Russia recruited Orthodox priests to sway Moldova's voters

Moldova’s Orthodox clergy, after all-expenses-paid pilgrimages to Russia, spread anti-Western messages online, influencing the country’s pivotal elections with Russian backing.

Archbishop Marchel celebrates Mass at a church in Slobozia-Magura, Moldova, September 6, 2025.

Trump to meet with Russia's Putin in coming days, Kremlin aide says

"An agreement was essentially reached to hold a bilateral meeting at the highest level in the coming days, that is, a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump," Ushakov said.

 RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS with front pages dedicated to the recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in Moscow, last week.

Iran says it has replaced air defenses damaged in Israel war

Israel's air force dominated Iran's airspace and dealt a heavy blow to the country's air defenses while Iranian armed forces launched successive barrages of missiles and drones on Israeli territory.

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Russia recruiting unknowing suicide bombers as part of shadow war against Ukraine - report

Russia has begun to recruit young Ukrainians as unwilling suicide bombers amid the third year of the Ukraine-Russia War.

 Firefighters work at the site of a warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 3, 2025.

Russian minister was implicated in embezzlement investigation before death, sources say

President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed Roman Starovoit, a former Kursk governor, as transport minister and asked Starovoit's deputy to replace him.

 Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoit attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia January 30, 2025.

Jailed Russian dissidents call for mass prisoner release as part of a peace deal with Ukraine

Eleven jailed Russian dissidents have written a letter to world leaders appealing for the mass release of Russian political prisoners and Ukrainian civilians held by Russia.

 Activist Darya Kozyreva, who was found guilty of repeatedly discrediting the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict and arrested in the courtroom, is forced into a police car in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 18, 2025

On this Day: Wagner Group’s Forces Shake Putin’s Russia

On June 24, 2023, the Wagner Group, a once-loyal private military, turned its weapons inward and marched toward Moscow in an open challenge to the Kremlin.

 A flag with the logo of Wagner private mercenary group is attached to a car during an automobile rally at a patriotic festival marking Russia's National Flag Day in the Moscow region, Russia, August 23, 2023.