British wartime leader Winston Churchill once said he was an optimist, as there was no point being anything else. The year ahead in Ukraine has given rise to wild, perhaps wilful, positivity from Kyiv and – publicly at least – in parts of NATO that the incoming Trump White House can effect meaningful,

HAS VLADIMIR PUTIN QUIETLY ACQUIRED a new imperial possession in the heart of Europe, embedded within the EU and NATO? The suggestion may sound hyperbolic, but reports from Bratislava are becoming stranger by the day.

Brussels is considering punishing Elon Musk over his alleged interference in the German elections. The European Commission is under mounting pressure to use its legal powers over social media platforms to rein in the tech billionaire ahead of next month’s ballot.

A new NATO-Ukraine center will help the alliance keep an edge over Russia, a top NATO commander tells POLITICO.

The Armenian government on Thursday approved draft legislation to kickstart the process of the nation's accession to the European Union, a move which will serve as a blow to its neighbor, Russia. Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment by email.

The Ukrainian president told podcaster Lex Fridman that without security guarantees for Ukraine, Putin "will destroy everything."

We have to get that war over with. That’s a bloody mess,” says U.S. president-elect about the Russian ruler’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Fico said Putin guaranteed that Russia would meets its obligations, although capacity in the TurkStream pipeline and connecting route taking Russian gas through Turkey to Europe was limited. "President Putin guaranteed that they will honour their commitments," Fico said.

Continued weapons shipments, NATO accession, and EU membership are key security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 15, noting that the country cannot engage in "games" reducing the size of its military.

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is embroiled in war and plagued by systemic decay — and Donald Trump can exploit its weakness to end its campaign of global instability.

MOSCOW, January 19. /TASS/. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed "comradery feeling" following his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an interview with the Soloviev Live TV show.