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Putin says authorities must ‘strengthen’ Russian identity in Ukraine

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Putin says authorities must ‘strengthen’ Russian identity in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File photo: Russian Presidential Press Service via AP Russian authorities must increase the number of people who identify as Russian and speak Russian in the parts of Ukraine incorporated into the country since Moscow’s 2022 invasion, according to a document signed by President Vladimir Putin. The document published on Tuesday (November…

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Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that’s not true

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Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that’s not true

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Wednesday (October 30, 2025) that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered to negotiate a deal for their surrender. Ukrainian military officials vigorously denied the claim. Mr. Putin, speaking at a meeting…

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Zelenskyy says ready to join Putin, Trump at Budapest summit if invited

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Zelenskyy says ready to join Putin, Trump at Budapest summit if invited

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he would be ready to join Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at their summit in Hungary if he is invited. Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin said they would meet in the Hungarian capital, possibly in a…

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Russia moves to withdraw from plutonium agreement with the United States

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Russia moves to withdraw from plutonium agreement with the United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium left over from thousands of Cold War nuclear warheads. The Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement…

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U.S. President Trump says his patience with Putin is running out

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U.S. President Trump says his patience with Putin is running out

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (September 12, 2025) said his patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin was running out, but stopped short of threatening new sanctions over the Ukraine war. Asked if his patience with Mr. Putin had run out, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah. It’s…

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Western troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets, says Vladimir Putin

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Western troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets, says Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (September 5, 2025) said that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack. Mr. Putin was speaking a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries had pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to…

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Putin offers to meet Zelenskyy in Moscow; Ukraine says no

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Putin offers to meet Zelenskyy in Moscow; Ukraine says no

Putin said he had always been open to meeting Mr. Zelenskyy but reiterated the Kremlin’s oft-repeated stance that such a meeting had to be well prepared in advance and lead to tangible results. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) that he was ready to hold talks…

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Peter Navarro slams Modi’s SCO ties with Xi, Putin; terms them ‘troublesome’

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Peter Navarro slams Modi’s SCO ties with Xi, Putin; terms them ‘troublesome’

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, has described as “troublesome” the show of unity between the leaders of India, Russia and China, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to be with Washington, Europe and Ukraine, not with Russia. Mr. Navarro’s remarks came after…

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U.S. envoy says Putin agreed to security protections for Ukraine as part of Trump summit

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U.S. envoy says Putin agreed to security protections for Ukraine as part of Trump summit

U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday (August 17, 2025) that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defence…

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