Ukraine nuclear facilities face Russian attack threats as Moscow weighs strikes on power substations to force capitulation, officials say. Zaporizhzhia is a primary target.

Sergey Karaganov, a former adviser to Putin, warned that Russia could deploy nuclear weapons if it came close to defeat.

Former Putin adviser Sergey Karaganov warned that Russia would use nuclear weapons against Europe should it ever come close to defeat.

Russia is prosecuting a war that knows no borders. Ukraine is the open front, but the objective is larger: to defeat a coalition of adversaries, including all of Europe and the Russian opposition figures that have taken refuge there.

The report follows an agreement reached in December 2025 by EU countries to ban Russian gas imports beginning Jan. 1, 2028, with LNG imports set to be prohibited at the start of 2027.

The European Commission has announced plans to phase out imports of Russian liquefied natural gas by the end of 2026. As Europe proceeds with this goal, will it deliver?

A backlash over a rant against Ukrainian officials has raised questions about Eastern Europe’s welcome of Russian dissidents.

Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, travel from Moscow to Europe has become a frustration – as the Monitor’s Moscow correspondent well knows.

Europe should reopen dialogue with Russia, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday, adding that it was far too soon to discuss welcoming Moscow back into the Group

An ally and former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin said the country could use nuclear weapons against Europe should Russia ever be on the verge of

A top ally to Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could wipe Europe off the map if the Russian president is killed as the war in Ukraine rages on. Sergey Karaganov, a former adviser to Putin, made the tarrifying threat in an interview with American political commentator Tucker Carlson.