In all, 16 people were released from Russia to the United States, Germany, and the UK. The United States and its allies returned eight prisoners to Russia.

In 2022, Russia invaded and effectively annexed broad swaths of territory in eastern and southeastern Ukraine.

Russia is considering a change to its doctrine that would allow it to use nuclear weapons against nuclear powers supporting other nations that attack Russia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Russia has the “power” to defend itself after Ukraine fired six U.S.-made ballistic missiles into Russia’s western Bryansk region.

Washington is dramatically broadening sanctions on Russia, targeting more than 300 individuals and entities including China-based companies selling semiconductors to Moscow.

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The Russia–Ukraine war entered its 1,000th day on Nov. 19, when Ukraine fired a U.S. missile into Russia after receiving a green light from the Biden administration.

On Sept. 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of the consequences of the United States and its NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use longer-range weapons for strikes deep inside Russia. He said it would put Russia at war with NATO.

Waltz also said that Russia is "trying to become the king of the Arctic," pointing out that Russia has more than 60 icebreakers, while the United States has only two—one of which had to return to home port in summer 2024 because of an electrical fire.

Russia fired 88 missiles and 63 Shahed drones, of which only 37 and 55 were shot down respectively, the Ukrainian air force said of the attacks concentrated in the regions of Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov acknowledged on Friday that diplomatic contacts are “quite complicated,” adding that “Russia is committed to resolving this conflict, ensuring its own interests, and is open to dialogue.”

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The Australian Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has defended its decision to keep an investigative series on Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia online, despite later findings debunking claims.

Russia has opposed Ukrainian membership in the NATO.

the Chinese mercenaries fighting on behalf of Russia in Ukraine.

Ukraine's military says Russia is violating the Easter cease-fire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday. A military spokesperson added there wasn’t much hope for a cease-fire to hold. The U.S.

In 2016, Ukraine took Moscow to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, where it accused Russia of trying to seize control of the area illegally. In 2021, Russia closed the strait for several months.

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We have wars going on with Russia and Ukraine. We're going to end up in a third world war," the former president said.

Starmer said Britain did not, “seek any conflict with Russia”,  but added, "Russia started this conflict. Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. Russia could end this conflict straight away."

The Baltic countries stopped buying electricity from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

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When the Russia–Ukraine war first broke out, the CCP ignored international calls to condemn the conflict.

More fully separating India from China and Russia is thus an important U.S. foreign policy goal, which is why Washington is not more openly critical of the South Asian country.

Department of Treasury announced sanctions against 10 individuals and six entities for facilitating the transfer of drones and missiles from Iran to Russia.

The Pentagon has not authorized the use of the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System for deep-strike capabilities within Russia, she said.

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100 percent secondary tariff on Russian goods, if Moscow doesn’t agree to a deal to resolve the Ukraine conflict within the next 50 days. “I’m disappointed in [Russian President Vladimir Putin], because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago, but it doesn’t seem to […]

In 2021, just under a fifth of UK diesel originated in Russia, while the UK had also sourced around 5 percent of its jet fuel supply from Russia.”

The United States and Russia have agreed to form high-level teams to handle negotiations to end the Russia–Ukraine war, the U.S. State Department announced on Feb. 18. U.S.

Russia still influences them (e.g., Belarus) or not (e.g., Ukraine and the Baltic countries).