Kremlin says Trump ‘largely aligns’ with their vision after heated Oval Office meeting with Zelensky Spokesperson for the Kremlin confirmed Trump’s position ‘aligns’ with the Kremlin’s The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025
France suggests partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine Such a truce would determine whether Putin is ‘acting in good faith’, French foreign minister says The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
Trump has utterly changed the rules of engagement. World leaders must learn this – and quickly The world’s most admired democracy is being held hostage by a clique of far-right thugs. It would be a mistake to placate them, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
Monday briefing: UK and Europe pick up the pieces after White House car crash In today’s newsletter: After Friday’s clash meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Zelenskyy, Keir Starmer and his European allies will try to broker the peace Ukraine desperately needs The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
Trump administration briefing: Israeli hostage to visit White House; Russia admires US foreign policy Eli Sharabi expected to meet Donald Trump on Tuesday; Kremlin says US views now ‘largely’ coincide with Moscow’s own foreign policy vision – key US politics stories from Sunday at a glance The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2025
Kremlin says US foreign policy pivot ‘largely coincides with our vision’ Russia’s foreign minister also praises Donald Trump for his ‘commonsense’ aim to end the war in Ukraine The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025
‘Trump doesn’t understand who the aggressor is’: fatigue and anger in Odesa Russian attacks on Ukrainian city that was initially spared worst have increased since Washington-Moscow detente The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025
Russia's old economy is gone, and its wartime transformation has the military primed for a resurgence, former State Dept. official warns "Even if hostilities were to cease immediately, Russia’s economic transformation is unlikely to be reversed." Fortune · Mar 2, 2025
‘A bigger victory for Putin than any military battle’: Russia gleeful after Trump-Zelenskyy clash Putin stays silent but Russian politicians and media outlets crow with delight after the ambush of Ukraine’s leader The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2025
Labour gears up to take aim at Farage over ‘pro-Russia stance’ It is understood Labour is looking to Nigel Farage’s previous comments about Russia as the party grapples with how to tackle the threat posed by Reform The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025
Trump Berated For 'World War III' Warning During Heated Argument With Zelensky: 'Straight Up Kremlin Propaganda' Donald Trump faced intense backlash for his combativeness with Volodymyr Zelensky, in which he accused the Ukrainian leader of "gambling with World War II." Latin Times · Feb 28, 2025
Raised voices and angry scenes at the White House as Trump clashes with Zelensky over the ‘minerals deal’ The visit of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House has not gone to plan – at least not to his plan. There were extraordinary scenes as a press conference between Zelensky and Trump descended into acrimony, with the US president loudly berating his opposite number, who he accused… The Conversation · Feb 28, 2025
As the Kremlin eyes a thaw with the White House, Russia’s pro-war hawks aren’t too happy At face value, the Kremlin has plenty to celebrate after U.S. and Russian officials held high-level bilateral talks on the war in Ukraine for the first time since the full-scale conflict began in 2022. The Conversation · Feb 28, 2025
Two church figures arrested in plot to blow up Russian priest known as Putin’s confessor Ukraine has taken responsibility for a number of assassinations in Russia since the start of the war The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025
The Conversation · Feb 27, 2025 Trump, Putin and the authoritarian take on constitutionalism When Donald Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” for his failure to hold elections, it was a shocking moment. Even by the topsy-turvy standards of the current US administration, this looked like deliberate ignorance of the facts. Ukrainian law and the electoral code state that elections cannot be held while…
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025 Russian and US diplomats discuss normalizing embassy operations at Istanbul talks Russian and U.S. diplomats are holding talks in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss ways to normalize the operation of their respective embassies after rounds of diplomats’ expulsions in the past years
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2025 Trump says no significant security guarantees in Ukraine minerals deal President says Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit White House to sign ‘very big agreement’, but details remain unclear
The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025 How Trump the ‘master deal-maker’ failed when it came to negotiating with the Taliban in Afghanistan News that Ukraine may be ready to sign a deal granting the US joint development rights to its minerals in the hope of a future security guarantee may be seen as a win by Donald Trump’s supporters who criticised Joe Biden’s unconditional support for Ukraine. After all, whether and how…
Al Jazeera · Feb 26, 2025 ‘Propaganda lessons for everyone’: Russia’s wartime curriculum exposed A new film reveals how Moscow’s overhauled syllabus is influencing a generation of young Russians.
The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025 Russia detains film critic Ekaterina Barabash in Moscow Barabash is the daughter of late literary scholar Yuriy Barabash
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2025 Zelenskyy insists on guarantees ahead of Trump meeting after US president says Ukraine can ‘forget about’ joining Nato – live Ukrainian president says ‘guarantees of peace and security’ were vital ahead of expected talks in Washington on Friday
The Guardian - AU · Feb 25, 2025 Morning Mail: Kean hits back at ‘bullying’ of climate body, Musk backlash grows, Eurovision pick revealed Climate Change chief pushes back at Coalition criticism; Creative Australia chiefs refuse to quit after grilling at Senate estimates
The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025 Kremlin casts doubt on Trump claim Russia would accept European troops in Ukraine Spokesperson reiterates position as sources say Putin is committed to Russian control of Ukraine’s political future
The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025 Kremlin welcomes ‘more balanced’ US stance on Ukraine after UN vote Moscow praises Washington for siding with it at UN, as European countries abstain in sign of deepening rift with US
Roll Call · Feb 24, 2025 Republicans mostly mum on Trump’s upending of Russia policy - Roll Call Congressional Republicans have largely avoided criticizing Trump over his dramatic shift of America's long-standing Russia policy.