MOSCOW and KYIV — Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Istanbul Monday for a second round of peace negotiations, only a day after a series of surprise Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian air ...

Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to sit down on Monday (June 2, 2025) in the Turkish city of Istanbul for their second round of direct peace talks since 2022, but the two sides are still ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has accelerated the integration of emerging technologies—particularly unmanned systems—into every aspect of military operations. From precision strikes to ...

On May 17, Kazakh journalist Irina Mednikova was unexpectedly barred from boarding a flight to Russia at Almaty airport. At the counter, she was informed she had been declared “undesirable” by ...

The prisoner swap was agreed to during recent talks in Turkey. LONDON -- Russia and Ukraine have begun a large exchange of prisoners of war on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said ...

Yevgeny Kuklychev is Newsweek's London-based Senior Editor for Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe. He previously headed Newsweek's Misinformation Watch and Newsweek Fact Check. Yevgeny focuses on ...

Neither Zelenskyy nor Putin attended the talks. Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner exchange during peace talks in Turkey on Friday, which were led by a U.S. delegation headed by Secretary of ...

ISTANBUL − Russia said the first direct talks with Ukraine in more than three years had yielded a deal to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each soon and to resume talks after each side had set out ...

KYIV and MOSCOW — Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met for direct talks in Istanbul on Friday — a day later than planned and amid lowered expectations for any peace deal given the absence ...

Both Turkey and Russia, regional powers in these unstable areas, have made religion a central component of their propaganda. They have each sought to present themselves as the guardian of their ...

North Korea and Russia are cementing their alliance with the construction of their first-ever road bridge, marking a significant step in expanding bilateral ties. The bridge, spanning a border ...

MOSCOW – Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for breaking a one-day Easter ceasefire announced by President Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of carrying out hundreds of ...