Russia, Ukraine and Vladimir Putin

Putin asks Russian Orthodox church patriarch to consecrate Christmas gifts for troops in Ukraine
Russia's invasion, which began in February 2022, has also been a source of religious controversy within the Eastern Orthodox Church and has driven a split among believers in both Russia and Ukraine.Vi
More than 38,000 Russian troops wiped out as Ukraine catches Vladimir Putin off-guard
Russia has announced the capture of the key Ukrainian town of Kurakhove as fierce fighting continues on both sides of the border.
Kyiv army's new offensive in Russia is stopping Putin deploying more troops to fight in Ukraine, says Zelensky
Ukraine’s president claimed that his troops were ‘actively destroying Russian military potential’ in the Kursk region of Russia
Vladimir Putin embarrassed as Ukraine wipes out 15,000 troops in Kursk assault
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 38,000 Russian troops had been killed or injured during the five-month war in the Kursk region, with 15,000 of them having died
Putin sends trusted general to fend off Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk
Russia sent one of its top generals, General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, to organize Russia’s defense in Kursk Oblast against a renewed Ukrainian attack, The Telegraph reported on Jan. 5. Ukrainian troops recently launched a renewed offensive against Russian forces in Kursk Oblast in an apparent attempt to halt Moscow’s effort to retake the region before

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Ukraine's Kursk offensive could spell endgame for Putin
Gordon, the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region could signal the beginning of the end for Putin. "Ukraine is currently in a much more favorable strategic position than Russia," he writes for "The ...
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Assad's former aide says deposed Syrian president was 'tricked' by Putin
Syria’s former media chief and top aide to Bashar al-Assad said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have “tricked” the ...
China Told Putin Not To Use Nuclear Weapons, Blinken Says
The U.S. secretary of state told the Financial Times that pressure from Beijing dissuaded Vladimir Putin from using nuclear ...
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Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia
Baker, a veteran journalist, offers a deeply sourced investigation into the political economy of the sanctions imposed on Russia following its attack on Ukraine.
After Putin: Could a modern Khrushchev reshape Russia-West relations?
Putin and Khrushchev represent two opposing strategic options, neither an offshoot of the unpopular war in Ukraine. For his ...
Russian Ruble Nosedives as Economy Gives Putin Major Headache
The plunging Russian currency, the ruble, has added to inflationary pressures in Russia, British officials have said, as the ...
Sanctions brought on by Putin’s war in Ukraine are taking a bite out of Russia’s New Year's salad
With soaring inflation and the ruble dropping to one of its lowest levels against the dollar since President Vladimir Putin ...
Vladimir Putin says he’s ‘ready’ for potential meeting with Trump
Putin, during a wide-ranging end-of-year news conference in Moscow, claimed that he hasn’t spoken to Trump in years and that ...
Trump, Putin advisers trade barbs heading into new year
The year is ending with a pair of sharp messages between top advisers to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and President-elect ...
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Zelensky takes on Putin apologists, US skeptics on 3-hour Lex Fridman podcast
In a newly released three-hour interview, Moscow-born U.S. podcaster Lex Fridman tried to persuade President Volodymyr ...