Ukraine war

Wheat futures slide after Trump-Putin phone call

Euronext wheat futures reversed early gains and settled lower on Tuesday after news broke that U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone, reviving hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the war in Ukraine and a…

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Putin hosts Witkoff, Kushner at Kremlin for Ukraine talks

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday for more than three hours of talks aimed at reviving a stalled push to end the war in Ukraine, carrying…

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Bessent tells Russia no relief until Ukraine war ends

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on Monday that no economic relief for Russia or agreements on other issues were possible until Moscow's war in Ukraine ends, according to a source familiar with the bilateral…

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Putin chose to escalate Ukraine war, The Economist reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin has chosen to escalate the war in Ukraine after weeks of internal deliberation, driven by a belief that ending the conflict without capturing all of Donbas would put his life in danger, according to a report…

Russia’s fuel crisis spreads as gasoline runs out in major port city

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have triggered a severe and widening fuel crisis across the country, with gasoline disappearing entirely from stations in some cities and rationing now in effect in nearly every region as Moscow scrambles to…

CSIS: Ukraine war casualties top 2 million since 2022

Combined Russian and Ukrainian military casualties have surpassed 2 million since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, according to a new study released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday. The report, authored by CSIS analysts Seth…

EU says it has proof China trained Russian troops fighting in Ukraine

The European Union has confirmed it possesses evidence that China trained hundreds of Russian military personnel who later fought in Ukraine, adding a new dimension to already strained EU-China relations as Brussels advances trade measures targeting Beijing and diplomatic meetings…

Putin signs decree canceling debts for new Ukraine war recruits

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday canceling debts of up to 10 million roubles — roughly $140,000 — for new military recruits and their spouses, the Kremlin announced, as Moscow continues to deploy financial incentives to sustain…

EU’s Kallas says Putin is ‘weaker than ever’ on Ukraine

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told reporters on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "in a weaker position than he has ever been before," following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels where the bloc adopted new…

Putin says war ‘coming to an end’ as Germany rejects his peace mediator

Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Saturday that he believes the war in Ukraine is "approaching its end," hours after presiding over the most diminished Victory Day parade in Moscow in nearly two decades — one that for the…

Oscar-winning filmmaker’s Ukraine war documentary premieres on PBS

Mstyslav Chernov's "2000 Meters to Andriivka" premiered on PBS Monday night, bringing viewers into the trenches of one of the Ukraine war's most brutal battles with an immediacy few documentaries have achieved. The film, from the Oscar-winning team behind "20…