Russia

New EU draft text on Russian assets offers uncapped guarantees for Belgium

Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to service members, who were involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine and awarded the title of Hero of Russia, in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS

Putin to talk of war and peace at marathon news conference

At the Results Of The Year event, Russian President Vladimir Putin will field dozens of questions on everything from price rises to nuclear weapons.

Trump says ‘getting close to something’ ahead of US, Russia talks on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump delivering remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec 18.

Israel, Germany sign $3.1b contract expansion for Arrow air defence system

Flags flutter in front of a radom of the \"Arrow Weapon System for Germany\" pictured in Annaburg, Germany, December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

ECB’s Lagarde ‘fully confident’ EU will agree reparation loan plan for Ukraine

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde looks on during an address to the media after the ECB's Governing Council meeting, at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Heiko Becker

Asked about NATO, Zelensky says Ukraine should not change its constitution

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking during a press conference in Brussels on Dec 18.

Russia sentences Briton who fought for Ukraine to 13 years in prison camp

The defendant named by the office of Russia's Prosecutor General as Hayden Davies, a 30-year-old British citizen convicted of being a paid mercenary fighting for Ukraine against the Russian army amid the military conflict, attends a court hearing in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city of Ukraine, in this still image from video released December 18, 2025. Russian Prosecutor General's Office/Handout via REUTERS

EU leaders to propose Ukraine reparations loan using Russia’s frozen assets under conditions: Draft document

Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine's behest

Belarusian citizen Sergei Yeremeyev, who is accused of carrying out an act of terrorism and of planting explosives on two freight trains in Russia's Buryatia region on the orders of Ukraine's intelligence services in 2023, attends a court hearing in Chita, Russia, in this still image from video released December 18, 2025. Russian Prosecutor General's Office/Handout via REUTERS

Russia says it hopes Trump does not make a ‘fatal mistake’ on Venezuela

National flags of the U.S and Russia are placed on a table at a booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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