Russia

Putin’s fear of death is his weak spot

For most autocrats, with the approach of mortality comes vulnerability and paranoia – no wonder so many have dreamed of conquering death

The Ukrainian unit with one task: shoot all Russian drones down

Citizens fall asleep every night to the hum of killing machines that turn buildings to dust and snuff out lives. In a sunflower field near Kyiv, we witness the race to stop the carnage

Anna Netrebko’s Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return

The Russian soprano says she doesn’t support the war in Ukraine but her Tosca this week faces a chorus of critics

We want peace – but not on Putin’s terms, Ukrainians say

Weary of Russia’s war, the citizens of Ukraine are nevertheless wary of a settlement that might give away too much or that doesn’t carry a security guarantee

Europe has three options for involvement with Ukraine

An effective deterrent from further Russian assaults on Europe would likely look one of three ways

Trump: empty-handed because there is still no deal to do

The US president has overlooked a vital lesson of war – that combatants will only begin talking when fighting has become futile

Red carpet or not, Zelensky faces uphill struggle with Trump

The Ukrainian president gets another chance to win over the White House – but he’s unlikely to receive the same deference as Vladimir Putin

Trump and Putin meet to end Ukraine war – without Ukraine

The blockbuster summit sidelines Zelensky, who has opposed ceding territory to Russia in exchange for peace

There can be no end to the war without Ukraine

Trump is right to pursue peace, but not like this

Europe left in the cold as Trump plans to offer Putin deal

This week’s summit is fuelling concerns the US president will offer concessions to the Russian leader and sideline Kyiv

The world is none the wiser as Trump’s sanction deadline looms

Mixed messages followed US special envoy Steve Wintkoff’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow yesterday

Controversy over how to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine

Last week, the supreme court ruled that Phi, a now-derelict superyacht seized in March 2022, would remain in London

Pregnant, panicking… then the bomb struck

It’s refined in India, but Russian crude is still gushing into the UK

Oil products worth millions have been imported from a refinery owned by a sanctioned Russian firm

The journalists enlisted in Putin’s information war

Two exiled reporters reveal how their former colleagues became the president’s willing propagandists

The honeymoon is over for Poland’s Ukrainian refugees

More than a million people fleeing the war have brought many benefits, but a painful history between the two nations and the far-right is stirring divisions

Roman Starovoit, politician who fell out of favour with Putin

The sacked Russian transport minister was found dead in his car last week after disappointing his Kremlin masters

Trump’s feel-bad foreign policy is guided by emotion, not logic

Some of the US president’s decisions may seem contradictory but they reflect his understanding of the emotional needs of his Maga supporters