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India’s Modi says ready to contribute to peace efforts in Ukraine

NEW DELHI, Oct 4 – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that his country is ready to contribute to peace efforts in the ongoing conflict with Russia that has raged for seven months. “He expressed his firm conviction that there can be […]

West: More sanctions, isolation if Putin carries out threats

WASHINGTON — How do American leaders and their allies intend to respond if President Vladimir Putin seeks to escalate his way out of a bad situation on Ukraine’s battlefields, and makes good on renewed threats of annexing territory or even using nuclear weapons? At least to start with, by trying to double […]

Putin tells China’s Xi that Russia is ready to talk with Ukraine – Kremlin

MOSCOW, Feb 25 – Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk for negotiations with representatives of Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday after the Russian leader held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Putin told Xi that Russia’s military operation in […]

U.S. and allies unveil more Russia sanctions but keep big guns in reserve

Summary EU adds Russian lawmakers to blacklist Britain to stop selling sovereign debt Ukraine calls up reservists Oil price falls, global stocks break four-day slide MOSCOW/DONETSK, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The United States and its allies unveiled more sanctions against Russia on Wednesday over its recognition of two […]

Macron: Putin told him Russia won’t escalate Ukraine crisis

KYIV, Ukraine — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him he would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis in their marathon talks in the Kremlin a day earlier. Macron’s remarks on a visit to Kyiv came after the Kremlin denied reports that […]

EXPLAINER: Ukraine not joining NATO so why does Putin worry?

WASHINGTON — At the core of the Ukraine crisis is a puzzle: Why would Russian President Vladimir Putin push Europe to the brink of war to demand the West not do something that it has no plan to do anyway? Russia says NATO, the American-led alliance that has […]

EXPLAINER: Russia’s risky options beyond full Ukraine attack

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be preparing to launch an invasion of Ukraine, with more than 100,000 troops positioned around the country. Certainly, the U.S. believes that’s the case and President Joe Biden has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that an attack could come in […]

Russia says “destructive” sanctions wouldn’t hurt Putin personally

Summary Kremlin: personal sanctions on Putin would not harm him Russia keeps up pressure with land and sea exercises Ukraine says Moscow is trying to sow panic Four-way talks on east Ukraine start in Paris MOSCOW/PARIS, Jan 26 – Russia warned on Wednesday that imposing sanctions on President […]

Biden to warn Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call Tuesday that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as Biden seeks a diplomatic solution to deal with the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near the Ukraine border. […]

Biden and Putin set to talk about Ukraine in video call on Tuesday

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, De – U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday, with the two leaders set to discuss the tense situation in Ukraine. “Biden will underscore U.S. concerns with Russian military activities on the border with Ukraine and reaffirm the […]

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