In mid-January 2026, rumours surrounding the health of the “Chechen Butcher”, Ramzan Kadyrov, began to surface once again. Reports from Ukrainian intelligence, cited by Ukraine’s state news agency Ukrinform,

The Kremlin is waging a campaign of sabotage and subversion against Ukraine’s allies in the West

Russian State Duma passed a bill in its first reading on Feb. 18 to strengthen preventive measures against 'evading the duty to defend the country.' The document gives Moscow the power to punish Russians criticizing the draft.

President Trump asked Putin to hold off attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine, which has been gripped by bitter cold. Putin showed his contempt by launching a massive overnight attack.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the BBC in an interview this week that she doesn't give President Trump "credit" for getting European countries to increase defense spending to NATO levels.

After attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2015, Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, reported back to Epstein that he’d met with several Russian officials, including Lavrov; the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina; and several other heads of Russian banks.

A group of Democratic Senators is accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of purposefully attacking American businesses operating in Ukraine, urging more American support for Kyiv in defending against Russia’s aggression against the country.

The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is near its fourth anniversary. Peace talks are stuck on the issue of territory.

For decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin railed against the world that the United States built after the Cold War. In his account, an international order run by a single power would hinder Russia and produce needless conflict, especially when that power was as self-serving and duplicitous as America.

Russia is selling a story of inevitable victory and future profit. The facts tell a different story—of strain, attrition, and vulnerability.

Amid a flurry of diplomatic meetings in Moscow and Abu Dhabi, in an interview on TV channel France 2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his European partners – as well as United States