Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia would ... The Kremlin and Russian propaganda have been portraying the war in Ukraine as a clash with the West and NATO since the beginning of ...

Vladimir Putin delivered the warning during a meeting with senior editors in St Petersburg, amid growing speculation about Germany's future military support for Kyiv.

Trump has signalled possible military action, while Putin offered to mediate; Iran has warned of a firm response if the US ...

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW ... are worried about the West undermining them with their ex-Soviet territories. READ MORE: Donald Trump's unique bond with Putin exposed after scrape ...

The Ukrainian and Russian delegations have arrived in Istanbul for the second round of direct peace talks since 2022.The two sides are still far apart on how to end the war and the fighting is ...

Blasts have been heard in Tehran and sirens have sounded in Israel as US president convenes National Security Council.