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 ...

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

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 ...

The Ukrainian and Russian delegations have arrived in Istanbul for the second round of direct peace talks since 2022.The two sides are still far apart on how to end the war and the fighting is ...

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 ...