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US investment bank Goldman Sachs said bond pricing inferred that markets believed there was 70 per cent probability of a Ukraine peace deal, up sharply from before the November election of ...

Russia is close to regaining full control of its western Kursk region after pushing Ukrainian forces from one of their last footholds there, the regional governor and state media said ...

A Russian spacecraft safely delivered an American astronaut Jonathan Kim and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, a flight hailed by Moscow as an example ...

President Vladimir Putin still supports the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but Russia has not yet been given answers to key questions it has about a truce proposed by ...

Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday Ukraine had increased its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, hitting targets 14 times in the last 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered moratorium, a ...

The United States will know in a matter of weeks if Russia is serious about peace with Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, after European ...

Moscow’s troops were waging fierce battles on Thursday in Russia’s western Kursk region against Ukrainian forces, including hundreds holed up in a monastery, in an effort to rout ...

Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Wednesday of launching new attacks against each other’s energy facilities, in violation of a U.S.-brokered moratorium. Both sides said they ...

More than 50% of Ukrainians are critical of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, fearing they are likely to lead to a partly unjust or completely unfair end to ...

Russia has warned that strikes against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure would have “catastrophic” consequences, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran unless it came to an agreement ...

The Kremlin said on Monday Russia and the United States were working on ideas for a possible peace settlement in Ukraine and on building bilateral ties despite U.S. President ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened Iran with bombings and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program. In a ...

Just as Ukrainian forces are losing their grip on the pocket of Russia’s Kursk region they captured last year, they have staged a so-far little-publicised incursion into the adjacent ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords to reach a settlement in ...

European leaders reaffirmed their long-term support forUkraine during a summit in Paris on Thursday but appeared to make little progress on what role they might play in providing security guarantees ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he wanted the United States and Kyiv’s other Western allies to remain strong in countering Russia’s demands and narrative in ...

Ukraine and Russia accused one another on Wednesday of flouting a truce on energy strikes brokered by the United States, and conditions set by Russia cast doubt over a planned ...

Russia’s central bank has warned the Kremlin’s policy makers the United States and OPEC have the capacity to flood the oil market and cause a repeat of the ...

The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some ...

Moscow and Washington are analysing the outcome of U.S-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, but it gave no details of discussions which both sides said ...

Large fund managers expect the bulk of Russia’s assets to remain closed to Western investors, despite a flurry of “exotic” trades betting on a rapprochement between Moscow and Washington. ...

A Russian Orthodox priest has been sentenced to 14 days in custody over a 2014 photo in which he was shown with a Ukrainian flag, according to the cleric’s own account ...

U.S. and Russian officials held talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday aimed at making progress towards a broad ceasefire in Ukraine with Washington eyeing a separate Black Sea maritime ...

A large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv killed at least three people, including a 5-year-old child, causing fires in high-rise apartment buildings and damage throughout the capital, Ukrainian officials said ...