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Meanwhile, the second round of trilateral peace talks between Russia and Ukraine is underway in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi

EU troop deployment plan to Ukraine is ‘dead’: Russian envoy

February 5, 2026, 12:07 PM - 3 min read

The EU’s plans to deploy troops to Ukraine are “dead”, warned Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Andrey Kelin, saying the presence of foreign troops on Ukrainian soil would be unacceptable to Russia

As US-Russia nuke pact ends, is new arms race next?

February 2, 2026, 02:00 PM - 7 min read

The demise of the treaty will bring a definitive and alarming end to nuclear restraint between the two powers. It may very well accelerate the global nuclear arms race, too.

In October last year, Trump announced that the United States was resuming nuclear testing to deter its enemies, including China and Iran

US-Russia ‘New START’ nuclear treaty to expire; its fate unknown

February 1, 2026, 02:43 PM - 3 min read

The expiration comes as President Donald Trump, pursuing an “America First” policy, dismantles or withdraws from international agreements that constrain the United States

Tensions between Iran and the US escalated after massive protests held in the country this past month, which Tehran described as a foreign-sponsored conspiracy aimed at toppling the government, in reference to the US and Israel

Putin meets Iran’s top security official

January 31, 2026, 10:59 AM - 3 min read

Russia and Iran are engaging in talks that concern Tehran’s security amidst its conflict with the US, especially since the Trump administration surrounded the Gulf with a massive naval armada

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for an ‘energy ceasefire’ under which both sides would halt attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure, including power plants and the electricity grid

Putin has agreed to not attack Ukraine ‘for a week’: Trump

January 30, 2026, 03:17 PM - 3 min read

Trump said he and Putin had also discussed ceasefire possibilities in Ukraine in wake of the second round of peace talks scheduled to take place in the UAE

The two nations share historic relations dating back to the Cold War period when the Soviet Union provided extensive military and other types of support to the Ba’athist regime in Damascus, led first by Hafez al-Assad and then his son Bashar

Putin, al-Sharaa discuss Russia-Syria ties

January 29, 2026, 02:31 PM - 3 min read

Speaking at a news conference before the two leaders’ meeting, al-Sharaa praised Russia for its support to a unified Syria and for helping “stabilise” the country

The two-day trilateral talks that concluded on Saturday marked the first time that representatives from all three factions, including the two warring sides, met face-to-face since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Ukraine trilateral peace talks ‘very constructive’: Witkoff

January 25, 2026, 01:10 PM - 3 min read

The two-day trilateral talks that concluded on Saturday marked the first time that representatives from all three factions, including the two warring sides, met face-to-face since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022

The talks, which began on Friday, comprise a Russian delegation that’s led by Yury Ushakov, foreign policy aide of President Vladimir Putin and GRU military intelligence Chief, Admiral Igor Kostyukov; Ukraine is represented by national security chief, Rustem Umerov, general staff chief, Andrey Gnatov, negotiator, David Arakhamia, deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Kislitsa, and Kirill Budanov, the former secret police chief who now heads Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office. From the US, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are acting as mediators

Trilateral peace talks to resolve Russia-Ukraine war on in UAE

January 24, 2026, 10:53 AM - 3 min read

While no official statement has yet been released on the meeting updates, sources briefed multiple international media outlets that “nobody is walking away from the table”

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who posted on social media on Thursday about travelling to the UAE for the meeting, has previously expressed doubt regarding the resolution of the main sticking point in the US-proposed peace plan – Russia’s demand for annexing parts of eastern Ukraine

Trilateral talks on Russia-Ukraine peace plan to begin today

January 23, 2026, 03:32 PM - 3 min read

Russian officials confirmed that the meeting between Putin and US negotiators had continued into the early hours of Friday

In another major development, Putin also expressed interest in joining Trump’s “Peace Council” following the US President’s invitation and announced a donation of USD 1 billion to the council from frozen Russian assets

Greenland is none of our business: Putin

January 22, 2026, 09:19 AM - 3 min read

The Russian President also announced a donation of USD 1 billion to Trump-promoted ‘Board of Peace’ from frozen Russian assets

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure sites have pushed the country’s civilian population to the brink, forcing thousands to flee their homes in the middle of harsh winter conditions

Russian drone strikes kill 2 in Ukraine

January 19, 2026, 11:32 AM - 3 min read

The attack comes at a time when senior Ukrainian officials, including National Security and Defence Council Secretary, Rustem Umerov, are due to meet in Miami, US, to discuss security guarantees and a post-war reconstruction package for Ukraine

With temperatures in Ukraine falling to minus 10 degrees Celsius, the collapsing energy infrastructure has prompted more than 1,56,000 people aged between 18 and 22 years to flee to Poland in the last four months of 2025

Zelenskyy wants to procure air defence systems to fight Russia

January 18, 2026, 01:40 PM - 3 min read

The latest slew of Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities have triggered a mass exodus of Ukrainians into neighbouring countries, while the build-up of an energy crisis has forced the Kyiv administration to extend school holidays until February 1