Analysts and Ukrainian lawmakers told RFE/RL that the lack of a commitment on Tomahawk missiles, another summit between Putin and Trump, and the US president’s apparent softening rhetoric towards Putin raises the anxiety level in Kyiv.
The talks in Washington between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not produce any major breakthroughs, but nor did they break down in acrimony, and the diplomatic process has been kept on the road -- next stop Budapest.
In late 2015, the Kremlin achieved a key victory when it launched a military intervention in Syria to rescue then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and enshrine its role as a leading player in the Middle East. But 10 years later, a series of decisive events are reversing that impression.
From weapons manufacturing to stepped up prospecting for rare earths reserves, the ripple effects of Beijing's latest export controls on the minerals will be wide.
Spending targets, continued aid for Ukraine, and air defense will all be discussed when NATO defense ministers gather in Brussels on October 15 for their first official meeting since the military alliance's June summit in The Hague.
US President Donald Trump has proclaimed a “historic dawn” for the Middle East and pledged to turn his attention to peace deals involving Iran and Russia.
Iran’s calibrated response to the Israel–Hamas truce reflects pragmatism under constraint: avoiding the spoiler label while preserving leverage.
The European Union is set to approve new rules that would make it easier to suspend visa liberalization for third country nationals traveling into the bloc, a measure aimed in large part at Georgia amid signs Tbilisi is drifting away from democratic reforms and back toward Moscow.
The election victory this weekend of right-wing populist Andrej Babis risks turning the Czech Republic into another Central European problem child for Brussels after he campaigned on vows to slash support for Ukraine and confront the EU over immigration and environmental policies.
A recently released 800-page cache of contracts and correspondence shows that Russia is helping China prepare its military for a potential invasion of Taiwan, according to an independent think tank that received the files and had them independently verified.
When Czech voters head to the ballot boxes this weekend, many fear the country may turn away from its pro-European path, taking away one of Ukraine's staunchest supporters as its battle to repel invading Russian forces nears a fourth year.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu's Action and Solidarity party (PAS) appears to have come out on top of crucial elections despite what appears to have been a concerted disinformation campaign from the Kremlin. But the real winner may be Brussels.
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