Poland's foreign minister said Putin used to criticize the Soviet approach that helped bankrupt it, but now he's repeating the mistake.

P resident Donald Trump’s new post on Truth Social threatening new economic sanctions on Russia shows that Putin has finally met his match. It now looks as if Donald Trump may not be bullied by Putin’s empty holster of threats, bluster, and bluffs.

On Jan. 22, posts on the social media platform X alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to extradite Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the U.S. president from 2021 to 2022, to Russia as part of a deal to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The posts provided no evidence to support the claim.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country’s ties with Russia to a new level this year in a video conference with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.

The Russian leader is reportedly facing growing pressure from Russia's elite to engage in peace talks to end the war.

Vladimir Putin has resorted to sending tanks designed in the 1950s to Ukraine to support Russian units as shortages of armored vehicles grow more acute. As the conflict approaches its third year in February,

Trump has the levers to force Putin to end the Russia-Ukraine war promptly if he dispenses with the Biden Administration’s tepid, inconsistent economic pressure.

Ukraine's first vice prime minister has signaled that Kyiv would be open to engaging in peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine expects the Trump administration to be involved in possible peace talks with Russia, Yulia Svyrydenko told Polish radio station RMF FM in Davos in an interview published on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiled and waved enthusiastically to his Chinese counterpart during virtual talks on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president

Trump promised during his campaign that upon his return to the White House, he would swiftly end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.