Russia seized and annexed Crimea in 2014, with Russian-backed separatists taking control of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk areas of the eastern Donbas region later that same year. (This area can be ...

Newsweek's map below illustrates what territories Ukraine could swap with Russia after giving Moscow full control of Kursk, parts of which Ukraine's forces have seized. Newsweek reached out to the ...

Balancing Ukraine’s sovereignty with Russia’s demand for its own “security guarantees” promises to be the hardest part of any negotiation. But experts see possible compromises. By Anton ...

Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian ...

MOSCOW, 29th January, 2025 (WAM) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale struck the Lake Baikal region in Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast today. The General Directorate of the ...

However, the reporting by the popular news outlet accused of being Russia-leaning ... The alleged road map suggests that a preliminary phone call between Mr Trump and Vladimir Putin could happen ...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Monday that the U.S.-Russia relations are on the verge of a major breakdown. Despite President Trump claiming that he spoke with Russian ...

Russia currently occupies a little under 20 per cent of Ukraine, including parts of four regions of mainland Ukraine, as well as the Crimean peninsula. Mr Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014 ...

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(This area can be seen outlined in black on the map above) Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Putin's forces have taken over a much larger portion of the east and ...

KYIV — As the Trump administration tries to organize talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, one major hurdle stands square in its way: The countries still fundamentally disagree over what ...