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 ...

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

France's President Emmanuel Macron warned the US and Europe risked losing their credibility and being accused of "double standards" if they do not resolve the wars in Ukraine and Gaza soon. He also ...

Russia could be on the brink of restarting nuclear bomb testing for the first time since the Cold War. Several high-ranking ...

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 ...

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 ...