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South Africa’s Ramaphosa backs efforts to end Ukraine war in call with Putin

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa co-hosts a summit on the Global Fund on November 21, 2025, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS

EU proposes new Russia sanctions targeting oil, banking, trade

Residents standing next to burned cars at the site of an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, on Jan 28.

Russia, US agree to resume military contacts at Ukraine talks

Alexus G Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe speaks in Salen, Sweden, January 11, 2026. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS

Ukraine hit infrastructure at Russian missile launch site, military says

Kremlin says Russia will stay a responsible nuclear power despite New START's expiry

Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system unit drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. Maxim Bogodvid/Host agency RIA Novosti/Handout via REUTERS

Russia's Dmitriev says progress made on Ukraine peace deal

FILE PHOTO: Russia's top economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on August 7, 2025. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Melania Trump says talks with Putin team continue to free Ukrainian kids

Fifteen children have been returned to Ukraine since the first lady started her advocacy, including seven children in December 2025.

Pope Leo urges Russia and US to renew last nuclear arms treaty

Pope Leo XIV looks on as he holds the weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

In Kyiv freezing under Russian attacks, a veteran plumber fights back by fixing the heat

Water vapour rises from residential buildings' autonomous heating systems during a power blackout and freezing temperatures, after critical civil infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone attacks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Xi, Putin hail ties in video call as Ukraine war nears anniversary

Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds talks with China's President Xi Jinping via video link from Moscow, Russia, February 4, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

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