The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Russia ‘not ready for peace’ with ‘no tangible signs’ of serious engagement, EU says - as it happened

Comments come after Zelenskyy accused Russia of using ‘delay tactics’ to stall peace talks with Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Over 1,000 Kenyans to fight in Putin’s war as EU says Kremlin not ready for peace

At least one Kenyan has died on Ukraine war frontline

The Independent UK · Feb 19

Putin tells Cuban FM Russia will not accept recent US sanctions against Havana

Speaking with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Moscow, Putin reminded his guest that Russia “will not accept anything of the sort” when discussing the sanctions against the country.

Euronews · Feb 19

Ukraine peace talks with Russia and US fall apart in less than two hours

Ukraine tempered expectations going into Geneva talks as Kyiv and Moscow remain far apart on the key issue of territory

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Pope laments 'ashes of international law' left by today's conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday

The Independent UK · Feb 18

The Guardian view on UK-EU defence: moving in the right direction, much too slowly

The threat of Russian aggression makes a compelling case for urgent continental cooperation

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18

Big Tech execs playing ‘Russian roulette’ in the AI arms race could risk human extinction, warns top researcher

Allowing companies free rein on AI is bringing on a new level of existential risk, Stuart Russell argues.

Fortune · Feb 18

Soft toys and a jagged edge: how Russia is circling the Winter Olympics

Russia is back in love with the Games and a return to athletes competing under their own flag at LA in two years’ time seems highly likely

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18

Ukraine peace talks have been little more than a mafia-style shakedown by the US and Russia

COMMENT: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been powered by lies and backed up by the US. World affairs editor Sam Kiley meets some of Putin’s Russian-speaking victims in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky calls out Trump’s ‘unfair’ treatment of his country

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Geopolitical Risks and US Economic Strength Boost Crude Oil Prices

March WTI crude oil (CLH26 ) today is up +2.06 (+3.30%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH26 ) is up +0.0438 (+2.29%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are sharply higher today on geopolitical risks. The likelihood of the Russian-Ukrainian war continuing will keep restrictions on Russian crude and limit global oil...

Barchart · Feb 18