Russia claims it is withstanding the impact of sanctions. Sweden's finance minister said satellite images show a different story.
Russia, Trump and Ukraine
Ukrainian forces described a different kind of enemy, fighting with unfamiliar tactics and little option to retreat.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Jan 22) he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine, and added that these could also be applied to "other participating countries.
President Trump said Tuesday it was likely he would impose additional sanctions on Russia if it did not come to the negotiating table to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine. “Sounds likely,” Trump said of potential sanctions on Moscow.
To bring Russia to the negotiating table and end the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin needs to believe time is no longer on his side. Here's what the Trump administration needs to do to make that
Russia has had battlefield momentum but its recent territorial gains have been at the expense of high personnel losses.
A Russian court's order for Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International to pay 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in damages for a collapsed deal shows Moscow's determination to strike back at the West, with companies bearing the brunt of the fallout.
I’m going to do Russia, whose economy is failing, a very big favor,’ new US president posts to social media as he paves the way for negotiations with the Kremlin to put an end to war in Ukraine.
The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months.
Russia’s crucial diesel attack submarines may have to withdraw from the Mediterranean Sea as Moscow appears to have been kicked out of its naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus.