Russia’s War Effort in Ukraine

Why Russia's economy may be even worse off after the war in Ukraine ends
Russia appears to be "addicted" to military spending to keep its economy propped up, a think tank said this week.
Zelenskiy: Ukraine ready for talks on war, but U.S., Europe must be there
Ukraine was prepared to engage in negotiations to end its nearly three-year-old war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, but he stressed that the United States and Europe also had to take part in any talks.
US may present plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine
The United States may present a plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine as early as next week. This is likely to happen at the Munich Security Conference, scheduled for February 14-16, Bloomberg reports.
UK sees Russia unwilling to negotiate an end to the war with Ukraine
Trump wants access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals as a condition to continue US support in the war against Russia. On the 1,078th day of the war in Ukraine, British Foreign Minister David Lammy, visiting Kiev,
Russia’s War Effort in Ukraine: Now on Crutches
The Russian leadership is exchanging men—many of them previous casualties discharged prematurely from military hospitals—for land.
Ukrainian troops losing ground to Russia as Trump talks of ending war
A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out — and time is running short.
Ukraine Still Has Kursk as Bargaining Chip for Any Russia Talks
Days after Ukrainian troops seized part of Russia’s Kursk region in a surprise attack, President Vladimir Putin told defense ...
Russia Ready To Play 'Hard Bargain' With Trump Over Ukraine
"It is up to [Donald] Trump and his team to make a decision," said Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov.
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The added dangers of fighting in Ukraine when everything is visible
The front lines in the war between Russia and Ukraine are now saturated with surveillance drones livestreaming video footage in real time. Everyone can see pretty much everything. Armies are having to ...
Peace talks? Ukraine and Russia already tried negotiating, but that didn't go well
When Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin in order to end the war, it wasn't the first time ...
Ukraine hits Russian oil depot in drone strike as 300 prisoners of war exchanged
It came as Russia and Ukraine swapped 150 prisoners of war each and UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian ...
Trump says he will continue funding Ukraine's war effort — but he wants something rare in return
The president appears to have adopted a proposal first made last year that offers “strategic partners” such as the U.S.
North Korea's forces appear to be the latest 'expendable' army chewed up fighting Russia's war against Ukraine
North Korean troops, largely special ops forces, have suffered high casualty rates in bloody assaults, not unlike prison ...
What Darren Beattie Has Said About Russia and Ukraine War
Beattie is an antiestablishment media figure who has led the right-wing news aggregator Revolver News. A critic of American ...
AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is ‘very dangerous’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war ...