War often blurs the lines between loyalty and survival, and for one Belarusian family, the cost has been fatal.

In the deadly game of poker being played between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine, US President Donald Trump should understand that he demonstrably holds the upper hand.

After rebuking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump confided to reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “respects me.” After months of Putin’s

European leaders are going to arrive in London later today for a "critical" meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing" - with the goal of discussing "how they can pile pressure on Putin as he continues to kill innocent civilians with indiscriminate attacks across Ukraine".

North Korean soldiers reportedly shot at Russian military vehicles in the Kursk region close to the Ukrainian border, in another friendly fire fiasco. Pyongyang is believed to have sent around 15,000 troops to help bolster Putin's army in the western region.

The postponement of Donald Trump’s much-anticipated summit with Vladimir Putin in Budapest had seemed to confirm all his critics’ fears. At the White House on Tuesday, the president explained that he did not want a “wasted meeting”.

Simply put, the reason is that Putin is betting on Europe to fail. Wittingly or not, Team Trump afforded Putin that field position when it staked Ukraine’s fate on Europe’s willingness to fund and defend Kyiv.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said military brotherhood between his country and Russia would "advance non-stop", state media KCNA reported on Friday.

Putin said that "no self-respecting country does anything under pressure," calling new U.S. sanctions an "unfriendly act."