Russia has repeatedly painted modern Ukraine as a Nazi state, in a crass distortion of history. Putin had already seized Ukraine's Crimean peninsula eight years earlier, after a revolution that ousted Ukraine's pro-Russian president and replaced him with a more pro-Western government.

Ukrainian troops now have more of an opportunity to strike back against Russia as Moscow has cut back on its ground offensives, the UK says. According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Vladimir Putin’s army is now putting more pressure on Ukraine’s troops in Kursk,

President Trump floats potential new tariffs on Russia amid the escalating war with Ukraine "Dude is telling Americans to shut up about food prices while spending another weekend playing golf. Amazing.

Nate Vance, a cousin of U.S. Vice President JD Vance who said he volunteered to fight for Ukraine in 2022, is now publicly condemning the Trump administration's treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have refashioned the United States into “Vladimir Putin’s useful idiots,” the VP’s cousin alleged in the wake of the Trump administration’s recent abandonment of military and intelligence support for Ukraine.

We are Putin's useful idiots, states Nate Vance, cousin of US Vice President J.D. Vance, in an interview with "Le Figaro." The man volunteered in Ukraine for three years. Now, he is furious with his relative.