Finland's Minister of Defense, Antti Häkkänen, stated that reopening borders between his country and Russia is unrealistic now, according to YLE. "We are not going to open the border. We know that Russia wants to continue sending migrant flows to Finland immediately,
Trump bolstered Putin’s bargaining position in the past week, but the road to this alliance has been years in the making.
A senior Russian official says preparations have begun for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Keir Giles, Russian military expert, told Metro that the resolution is another indication of the way in which Russia has ‘successfully flipped’ the White House, branding it a ‘Trumputin Pact’. He said: ‘The US is determined in every possible forum to pursue Russia’s policy aims.
On August 20, 2022, a Russian missile destroyed a five-storey apartment building in Voznesensk, wounding 14, including three children. A quarter of the town’s population fled and was replaced by refugees from Russia-occupied areas.
Russian relations over Ukraine, starting with a first round of communication that excluded Kyiv and raised concerns Washington and Moscow might try to hammer out a deal over the heads of the Ukrainians and Europe.
Behavior in this war, not just of Moscow and Kyiv but of other states as well, has been conditioned by Russia’s possession and Ukraine’s lack of weapons of mass destruction. Russia holds the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear warheads,
With the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, civilian men were drafted en masse, often inadequately trained and poorly equipped before being assigned to near-impossible missions. This resulted in a staggering number of dead and missing soldiers, the fate of whom often remains unknown for months or years.
Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Saturday, marking a dramatic shift away from Western isolation of Moscow over its war in Ukraine.