The US raid on Venezuela has exposed the limits of ties between Moscow and Caracas – while pointing the way for potential strategic opportunities for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Washington’s new era of gunboat diplomacy.

Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Vladimir Putin and sees him as a bigger obstacle to peace in Ukraine than Volodymyr Zelensky, according to sources.

Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov claimed on state television that the CIA was behind the alleged drone attack on Putin's residence

For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.

Simon Migliano, who compiled the Top10VPN shutdown report, told me “Iran’s current nationwide blackout is a blunt instrument intended to crush dissent, starkly different from the sophisticated, slow-burn digital censorship we’re seeing in Russia.”

Russia's foreign minister said Ukraine had attacked the Russian president's state residence with drones, while Kyiv called the accusation a lie.

President Vladimir Putin's launch of an Oreshnik hypersonic missile appears aimed at intimidating Ukraine and sending a signal of Russian military might to Europe and the United States at a crucial juncture in talks to end the war.

A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said.

The war in Ukraine has lasted as long as Soviet involvement in World War II, with no victory in sight.

For the first time since returning to office, Donald Trump has swatted Vladimir Putin aside in a most humiliating fashion.

A studio official said the president's appearance in Prostokvashino would be a form of "soft power" that would help promote Russia and its culture.

Putin's Ukraine war has now lasted as long as the Soviet WW2 campaign, with minimal gains, massive losses, growing mockery, and more air strikes