Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Vladimir Putin believes the West forced him into the war with Ukraine. The Russian leader responded to Donald Trump’s comments that "Putin has gone absolutely crazy." Putin stated at a Kremlin meeting ...

A close aide to Vladimir Putin has claimed that the world could face nuclear annihilation unless Ukraine agrees to give up ...

Russia says it is currently drafting its version a memorandum that would establish the contours of a peace accord and cannot estimate how long that will take.

Despite proposing a brief ceasefire to recover bodies, Russia has continued to reject Ukraine ’s call for a 30-day truce ...

Germany’s top spy warns that widespread support for the Ukraine war allows Putin to control Russian society—and may signal ...

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, hit back at Donald Trump after the United States president warned that Vladimir Putin is "playing with fire" by continuing his ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have held a lengthy phone call to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks ...

The Ukrainian and Russian delegations have arrived in Istanbul for the second round of direct peace talks since 2022.The two ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling at the peace table while preparing a new military offensive in Ukraine, two ...