The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The vessel was hit below the water line

Tensions escalate between U.S. and Russia over Ukraine crisis, with potential peace talks and resource negotiations.

The Kremlin said Tuesday that a "significant part" of Ukraine "wants to be Russia," hours after US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine "may be Russian someday."

Here are the key developments on the 1,083rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A batch of FPV drone headsets sent to Russian forces was sabotaged with plastic explosives that would detonate once the device is turned on, revealed a Russian state media report.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US Vice President JD Vance on Friday at the Munich Security Conference, where they are set to discuss Washington's push for an end to the three-year war with Russia.

Donald Trump claimed during campaign that he would be able to end war in 24 hours but has yet to reveal detailed peace plan

Russia stated its relationship with the US is "balancing on the brink of a breakup," during a press conference Monday morning.

In an unprecedented decision on December 6 2024, the Romanian constitutional court annulled the November 25 presidential elections after it received credible intelligence of large-scale external interference rigging the results of the first round in favour of a hardly-known far-right candidate, Calin Georgescu.

The Russian president is also trying to drag the UK into nuclear arms control talks

The president has made big statements. But securing real peace will involve a mix of global diplomacy, threats and sweeteners, says Christopher S Chivvis of the Carnegie Endowment’s American statecraft programme