As a Ukrainian, I’ve seen firsthand how Russia has learned to emulate American soft power for authoritarian ends.

U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia's two biggest oil companies with sanctions in a sharp policy shift on Moscow's war in Ukraine, prompting global oil prices to rise by 5% on Thursday and India to consider cutting Russian imports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pushing for Tomahawk missiles as the Trump administration tries to prod Russia into talks on ending the war.

The European Union has heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Moscow on Wednesday that the United States and its allies would "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" if the war in Ukraine does not come to an end.

Vice President JD Vance said on Fox News Sunday that Moscow needs to "wake up and accept reality," as the Trump administration tries to end the war.

The UK’s foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has told the Russian delegation to the UN their country is risking armed conflict but that British jets are ready to confront Moscow’s planes violating Nato airspace. Russian incursions were “a deliberate ...