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Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected Western proposals to send a “reassurance force” to Ukraine after any future ceasefire, warning that foreign troops would become “legitimate targets.” The warning came just a day after a Paris summit where French President Emmanuel Macron announced that 26 of Ukraine’s allies had agreed to provide security guarantees once…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi met on Monday in Tianjin for a rare show of unity. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit gave Putin the chance to sit down with his two biggest oil customers and to push back against U.S. pressure. India and China began buying more Russian crude…
World leaders opposed to the West are converging in Beijing this week for a grand military parade marking 80 years since Japan’s defeat in World War II. The event, staged by President Xi Jinping, is meant to showcase China’s military strength and growing role as a counterweight to the U.S.-led global order. The parade, set…
Russian President Vladimir Putin called his relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping “unprecedented” during talks in Beijing on Tuesday, just hours before China stages its biggest military parade in history. Putin praised Xi as a “dear friend,” while Chinese state media described their partnership as “exemplary.” The two leaders announced new agreements: Russia will boost…
In his 2020 book The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar wrote that Delhi must “engage America, manage China, cultivate Europe, reassure Russia, bring Japan into play, draw neighbours in, extend the neighbourhood and expand traditional constituencies of support.” That balancing act is being tested like never before. For…
The Pentagon has been preventing Ukraine from using American long-range missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia since late spring, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Saturday. The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to draw Vladimir Putin into peace talks. The report says Ukraine has been barred from firing US-supplied…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out sending American troops to Ukraine but hinted that Washington might step in with air support as part of a possible peace deal with Russia. The comments came just a day after Trump promised security guarantees for Ukraine at a rare White House summit, though what those guarantees…
