The list of outstanding issues preventing a peaceful agreement between Ukraine and Russia has been significantly reduced, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters.
Marco Rubio responded to a question about…
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Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. Negotiators Gather in Abu Dhabi for Second Round of Talks
A second round of talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States is underway in Abu Dhabi, with negotiators from the three countries holding a final series of meetings on Thursday after describing discussions from the previous…
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Russia’s new law protects the Red Cross name, but enforcing it in occupied Ukraine would expose the very ties Moscow denies — Meduza
The Russian Red Cross (RRC) has long denied allegations of operating in occupied Ukraine, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. In a 2024 investigation, Meduza and its partners in the Kremlin Leaks project revealed how the RRC had been…
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US Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO’s Eastern Flank
WASHINGTON DC — The US Congress has approved $200 million in security assistance for the Baltic states as Russian activity along NATO’s eastern flank intensifies.
The funding, approved this week as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 Defense…
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The last nuclear guardrail falls this week, and the U.S. and Russia have chosen to fly blind — Meduza
The dangerous drift toward a new arms race between Russia and the United States crosses another major threshold tomorrow, February 5, with the expiration of New START — the last treaty limiting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals….
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New Start’s expiration will make the world less safe – even if it doesn’t spark another nuclear arms race
The New Start nuclear arms control treaty expires on February 4, opening up the way for a period of great power uncertainty and the possibility of a new arms race.
The US-Russian agreement, negotiated in 2010 and extended in 2021, limited…
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Washington did not respond to Moscow’s proposal to extend the START Treaty – Ushakov
Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said during a briefing that Moscow had not received a response from Washington to the proposal to extend restrictions under the Strategic Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty (START…
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Father Mourns Teenage Son Killed in Russian Drone Strike in Zaporizhzhya
A man mourns his teenage son, killed in a Russian drone strike on Zaporizhzhya that also claimed the life of the boy’s girlfriend. Russia also launched one of its largest strikes of 2026 on energy infrastructure, hitting facilities in the Kyiv…
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The United States has prepared a new package of anti–Russian sanctions
The United States of America has prepared new sanctions against Russia, but has no plans to impose them yet. This was reported by the Bloomberg news agency.
According to the agency, earlier the United States was…
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The European Depository will send 1.4 billion euros to the fund for Ukraine
Euroclear plans to transfer 1.4 billion euros from frozen Russian assets to the fund for Ukraine in early 2026, according to the published report of the depository.
According to the documentation, by the end of 2025,…
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