Moscow has reacted to the inauguration and the initial decisions of President Donald Trump with restraint. On the one hand, ...

On January 16 and 18, Kyiv was targeted by Russia. In the first attack they used drones and damage was reported from five ...

Russian forces have reached the first of two roads leading west from Pokrovsk, exiting on the outskirts of Udachny. According ...

On 9 January, the United States approved its 74th package of military aid for Ukraine, valued at $500 million, under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA). This marked the final transfer ...

Bulgaria’s parliament approved a new government led by Rosen Zhelyazkov of the centre-right GERB party, which secured the most votes in the October 2024 election (see ‘Election in Bulgaria: fragmentat ...

On 17 January, the leaders of Russia and Iran, Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian, signed an interstate treaty in Moscow, replacing an agreement from 2001. The document is primarily intended to ...

China’s support for Russia in its conflict with Ukraine and the West equates to it investing in Putin’s Russia. Beijing cannot afford for Putin to fail, as this would threaten the stability of the ...