The war in Ukraine started by Vladimir Putin enters 2026 following a year of slow territorial developments, as highlighted on a map by Newsweek. Russia has made big claims about its progress as it ...

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met Friday for a summit in Alaska aimed - on the US side at least - at bringing an end to the grinding war that has followed Russia’s full-scale ...

In southwest Russia, where the border with eastern Ukraine snakes down to the Sea of Azov, lies the city of Rostov-on-Don, which serves as the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District. For ...