Ukraine-Russia War

Russian strike hit home of Kryvyi Rih Chabad rabbi, mikveh damaged

Rabbi Liron Edri, a Chabad emissary who leads the Jewish community in Kryvyi Rih, said the blast caused extensive damage to the property and surrounding facilities. 

A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih damaged the home of the local Chabad rabbi and a nearby mikveh (ritual bath). January 29.
US President Trump meets with Russian President Putin in Alaska, August 15, 2025

Putin agrees to Trump request not to fire on Kyiv for a week

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled "U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela", on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, January 28, 2026.

Rubio says territorial issue over Donetsk yet to be bridged between Russia, Ukraine

US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as US Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

US has told Ukraine it must sign peace deal with Russia to get security guarantees, source says


Zelensky says Ukraine ready for energy ceasefire if Russia agrees

Zelensky says Ukraine will do whatever it can to organize a high-level meeting with the US within the next two weeks on a peace deal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace, in Rome, Italy, July 9, 2025.

'A just and lasting peace': Pope Leo calls for dialogue after meeting Ukraine's Zelensky

The pope's comments echo Zelensky's frequent demands for a "just" peace as the Ukrainian leader tries to ensure that any agreement to end Russia's war in Ukraine is balanced.

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during a meeting with bishpops, priests consacrated persons and personal workers at the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, northeast of the capital Beirut, on December 1, 2025.

Top Indian arms makers held rare meetings in Russia on potential joint ventures, sources say

Western diplomats have said that a key obstacle to the transfer of military technology to India is its defense ties with Russia and the vast amount of Russian-origin arms used by the Indian military.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands as they attend a presentation of a joint statement after their delegation level talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025.

'Big hopes for Africa': Defense firms scramble for drone market at Egypt arms expo

Egypt aims to be a hub for defense hardware manufacturing; Much of the kit on display at EDEX was tested in, or at least inspired by, the war in Ukraine.

 A visitor holds an Egyptian weapon at the Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX), showcasing military systems and hardware, in Cairo, Egypt, December 7, 2023.

Outgoing US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg says Ukraine-Russia peace deal is 'really close'

Those proposals, which Russia now says contain 27 points, have been split up into four different components, according to the Kremlin. The exact contents are not in the public domain.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg as they meet, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 14, 2025.

Kremlin welcomes end to ‘direct threat’ label in US strategy, TASS reports

The Kremlin praised the revised US national security strategy for dropping language labeling Russia a direct threat and urging limited cooperation on strategic stability.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attend a meeting with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

Putin arrest warrant will stand even if Ukraine agrees to amnesty, ICC prosecutors say

Russia rejects the ICC's jurisdiction and has repeatedly denied allegations of war crimes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a command post of Russia's joint force grouping in the course of a military conflict against Ukraine at an unidentified location, in this still image taken from video released December 1, 2025

US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say

In the meeting, Pentagon officials indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, after a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers at the Alliance headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium October 15, 2025.

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

A 40-year-old Russian woman is suspected by French prosecutors of approaching company executives to obtain information on French economic interests.

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.

Ukraine optimistic on Russia peace, but not at any price, Kyiv official Iryna Mudra tells 'Post'

Iryna Mudra to 'Post': Ukraine committed to diplomacy based on international law, not Russian demands • On Israel ties: 'We want Israeli businesses to become core architects of Ukraine's future'

Then-deputy justice minister of Ukraine Iryna Mudra talks to the media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters, February 4, 2025