The Kremlin is plotting to seize billions in assets from a Siberian snack food tycoon after accusing him of supporting Ukraine.

Ukraine attacked the Saratov crude-oil refinery in Russia’s Volga region overnight as Western nations seek to push President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.

Russia pauses Ukraine negotiations as President Donald Trump faces bipartisan criticism in Congress for failing to act against President Vladimir Putin amid failed peace talks.

A month after the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska failed to deliver peace in Ukraine, tensions in eastern Europe have spiked with Russian drones

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before a peace agreement has been signed would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow’s forces.

But summits and sweatshirts won’t make Russia a superpower. Only a credible show of strength can do that. The war in Ukraine was meant to supply this, but it has instead become a slow-motion demonstration of Russia’s decline—less a catalyst of national revival than a case study in national self-harm.

Vladimir Putin must have been watching the riots in Nepal closely — and not just because they were a violent instance of “people power” or, as Putin would say, a “colored revolution.” Of far greater concern to Russia’s illegitimate president is the mechanics of the insurrection. Nepal looked stable, and few would have expected such an outburst.

"If any troops appear there, especially now while fighting is ongoing, we assume that they will be legitimate targets," Putin says as the U.S. and Europe plan for a post-war Ukraine.

President Trump says he believes Russia's war against Ukraine would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.