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WASHINGTON - Senior US officials fanned out this week to press world leaders to keep piling pressure on Moscow or join...

Ukraine’s Zelensky says situation in some places tough, fires top officials

LVIV, UKRAINE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday (March 31) said the situation in the south and the Donbas...

Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be “self-isolated”

President Biden said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be "self-isolated" and "there appears to be some indication...

French military intel chief’s resignation seen as fallout for misjudging Putin’s intentions in Ukraine

Paris — The head of France's military intelligence has quit his post in what's being seen as fallout from France...

Ukraine leader says war at a “turning point” as U.S. and U.K. say Putin, deluded, is regrouping Russia’s forces

Near Kherson, Ukraine — Russian forces were still shelling areas near Ukraine's capital Thursday, two days after Moscow said it would...

Vladimir Putin’s advisers ‘too afraid to tell him the truth’ on Ukraine, White House says

WASHINGTON - Russian President Vladimir Putin was misled by advisers who were too scared to tell him how poorly the war...

Russian President Vladimir Putin feels Russian military misled him, U.S. official says

U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about the poor performance...

Russia says it’s building a new “democratic world order” with China

Beijing — Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order Wednesday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made...

Russia keeps pounding Ukraine, fueling skepticism over Putin’s intentions as his war creates 4 million refugees

Kyiv — Russia's unrelenting bombing campaign in Ukraine is fueling skepticism about Moscow's claim that it will "drastically reduce" its military...

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy skeptical about Russian pullback near Kyiv