Russia

• A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week - A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line f
• Musk says steps to stop Russia from using Starlink seem to have worked - Feb 1 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Sunday that moves by his SpaceX company to stop the 'unauthorized' use by Russia of its internet system Starlink seemed to have worked, while Kyiv's defence chief
• Ukraine Peace Talks Delayed After Russia and U.S. Meet - It was unclear why the latest round of negotiations, which had been expected on Sunday, were postponed for several days.
• NATO's ability to deter Russia has taken a hit with trans-Atlantic infighting - European allies and Canada are pouring billions of dollars into helping Ukraine, and they have pledged to massively boost their budgets to defend their territories. The rift has been most glaring over U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated
• Why Is Taking the Rest of the Donetsk Region So Important to Putin? - Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the question “the one remaining item” in Abu Dhabi peace talks. Russia disputed that.
• The US Gas Station Chain You Might Not Know Is Owned By A Russian Company - One of the gas station franchises familiar to drivers in the Northeast U.S. is actually Russian-owned and has been for decades. Here's the story.
• Power outages hit Ukraine and Moldova as Kyiv struggles against the winter cold - Emergency power cuts swept across several Ukrainian cities as well as neighboring Moldova on Saturday, officials said, amid a commitment from the Kremlin to U.S. President Donald Trump to pause strikes on Kyiv as Ukraine battles one of its
• Trump Says Putin Agreed to a Weeklong Pause in Attacks Amid Extreme Cold - Russia has left thousands of apartment buildings in Kyiv without heat in recent weeks, in a campaign that has appeared aimed at breaking Ukraine’s morale.
• Kremlin says Russia has invited Ukraine's Zelenskiy to come to Moscow for peace talks - MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had reiterated its invitation for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to come to Moscow for peace talks, as U.-led efforts to reach a deal ​to end the nearly four-year
• A new report warns that combined war casualties in Russia's war on Ukraine could soon hit 2 million - A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides of Russia's war on Ukraine could hit 2 million by the spring, with Russia suffering the largest number of troop deaths recorded for any major power in a