No End
Wars often end long before the shooting stops. They end when one side concludes it cannot win, when both sides accept the limits of military power, or when external actors impose a framework that neither can ignore.
Wars often end long before the shooting stops. They end when one side concludes it cannot win, when both sides accept the limits of military power, or when external actors impose a framework that neither can ignore.
For the first time since the Ukraine war began, Moscow appears to be preparing its public not for escalation, but for transition. President Vladimir Putin’s recent suggestion that the conflict may be “coming to an end” was not a peace declaration.
A senior Russian military officer was killed in a car bomb explosion in Moscow on Monday, with investigators confirming that the blast was caused by an explosive device planted beneath the vehicle
The recent diplomatic flurry ~ marked by talks in Moscow between US envoys and Russia, followed by a three-day session in Florida between US and Ukrainian negotiators ~ was meant to build momentum toward peace.
President Vladimir Putin’s recently concluded visit was high on optics while deliverables were intentionally kept low key.
The devastation across Ukraine on Tuesday night, where a kindergarten was struck, homes burned, and families torn apart, illustrates a grim paradox of this long war: pauses in diplomacy often trigger surges in violence.
Commenting on the US' latest sanctions on Russia's largest oil companies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that they will not have much of an impact on the Russian economy and calling them an attempt to put pressure on Moscow.
US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Ukraine can reclaim all of its original territory marks one of the most striking ~ and bizarre ~ reversals of his presidency.
The retirement of India’s MiG-21 fighter marks the end of an era that shaped the country’s military identity as much as its strategic choices.
Speaking in an interview aired on Channel One on Thursday, Lavrov noted that direct talks between Moscow and Kiev resumed in May in Istanbul after several years, but no breakthrough was achieved.
