Germany to help Ukraine make weapons more quickly
Move will help Kyiv negotiate more strongly in peace talks, German foreign minister says
Vladimir Putin
Ukraine claims advances in Sumy halted as Lavrov says Nato spending rise will not affect Russian security
Russian foreign minister says decision to increase Nato defence spending to 5% of allies’ GDP not ‘significant’
The idea that the Kremlin has kompromat on Trump seems increasingly plausible
If the White House capitulates to Putin on Ukraine, it will grossly and perhaps fatally betray the principles on which Nato was founded
Russian missile attack kills 17 in southeastern Ukraine
Seventeen killed and more than 200 injured in southeastern Ukraine in latest Russian missile attack
Where were China and Russia when Iran needed them most?
Stability in the Middle East is more valuable to Beijing than any cost or distraction a war with Iran might create for the US
Iran fires missiles at key US base in Qatar
Doha appears to have had advance warning of attack which followed US bombing or Iranian nuclear sites
US-Iran: Putin says Washington strikes are pushing world to a ‘very dangerous line’
Russian president meets Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi Araqchi in the Kremlin
Germany floats return to conscription if volunteer plan fails
Berlin aims to more than double army reserves in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Belarus opposition leader freed after nearly five years in jail
Syarhei Tsikhanouski was arrested shortly after announcing candidacy in rigged 2020 election won by Alexander Lukashenko
Israel says it killed veteran Iran commander as both sides attack
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian warns of ‘more devastating’ retaliation if Israel’s attacks continue
Perfect Storm by Thane Gustafson: A thorough study of the use and abuse of sanctions on Russia, and what could happen next
The author, an expert on the geopolitics of energy, is particularly interesting on the impact of sanctions on the global oil industry
Russian minister says country’s economy is ‘on the verge’ of recession
Russia and Ukraine exchange captured soldiers but drone attacks target Kharkiv and Odesa
Israel-Iran war: Gulf states scramble to secure diplomatic solution
War could destabilise region and destroy decades of hard-won economic advancement
Europe should stop whining and ‘act like the superpower’ it is, former US general warns
Ben Hodges tells a London audience that Nato members on continent should prepare for future Russian strikes on their air and sea ports
Flags at half mast in Kyiv as death toll from Russian strike reaches 28
Russia sent 440 drones and fired 32 missiles during its deadliest strike on the capital this year
Trump renews embrace of Putin amid ongoing rift with allies
US president’s troubled history with G7 alliance repeats itself
Is Russia’s war-driven economy approaching its 1989 moment?
With the Ukraine war, Putin might have backed himself into an economic cul-de-sac
Ireland will have to commit substantial funds to arms procurement whether it approves or not
As a net contributor to the multiannual financial framework, we cannot stand on the sidelines
Seamus Murphy took his camera from the Rust Belt to Russia. What he saw took him aback
The cold war was built on assumptions that Americans and Russians lived opposite lives. ‘What if that was a lie?’ the Irish photographer asks in his new book
First the Soviets, then the Chinese, attempted to suppress the memory of Mongolia’s founder
The Genghis Khan National Museum is one of the Mongolian capital’s most popular landmarks and tourist attractions
Russia says its forces advancing in Sumy as row over peace talks escalates
Ukraine has lost more than 190 sq km of the eastern region in less than a month
Ukrainian commander’s final dispatch: ‘I had hoped my service and sacrifices would be enough, but they haven’t’
In her final monthly column, the female commander of a Ukrainian drone unit says her country’s allies overestimate Russia’s strength and underestimate Ukraine’s
Russia attacks Kyiv with missiles and drones ‘in response’ to Ukraine actions
Zelenskiy calls on countries to ramp up pressure on Russia after it launched more than 400 drones and 40 missiles
It’s in Europe’s interest to put sanctions on Israel
Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US
Ukraine and Russia agree to new prisoner exchange in Istanbul
Talks follow Kyiv’s daring assault on Moscow’s airfields and come despite gulf between two sides’ positions
Russia and Ukraine step up the war on eve of peace talks
Defence minister Rustem Umerov to attend talks in Istanbul, president Zelenskiy says
Forget hope. Be a hopeful pessimist instead
Unthinkable: Hope is not a strategy when it comes to tackling urgent challenges like climate change
Germany’s Merz vows long-range weapons for Ukraine following talks with Zelenskiy
Long-awaited German shift in policy, after 1,189 days of conflict, follows Berlin meeting
For all his bragging, Trump knows he has little leverage with either Putin or Netanyahu
Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty
Trump accuses Putin of ‘playing with fire’ on Ukraine as local governor says Russia has seized four villages
Advances follow some of the biggest Russian drone and missile attacks of the war, although their intensity fell off overnight
‘Emotional overload’: Kremlin responds to Trump’s description of Putin as ‘crazy’
Ukrainians suffer third consecutive night of Russian aerial attacks
Kyiv braced for Russian summer offensive
Ukrainian troops struggle with exhaustion but pledge to fight ‘until we break the Russians’ belief that we can be defeated’
Russia’s record air attack on Ukraine dashes hopes for ceasefire
Deadly assault comes as Kyiv and Moscow complete largest prisoner swap
Russia launches one of biggest drone attacks on Kyiv since start of Ukraine war
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says it was a ‘difficult night for all of Ukraine’ as he calls for more sanctions on Moscow to help achieve a ceasefire
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