Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin is relying on a war-winning theory in which Russian forces will slowly advance until Ukraine ...

Putin has framed his offensive in Ukraine as part of a broader conflict between Russia and the West. Russian President, ...

Vladimir Putin has delivered a chilling warning that the Kremlin would view the transfer of Taurus cruise missiles by Germany ...

Trump has signalled possible military action, while Putin offered to mediate; Iran has warned of a firm response if the US ...

Russia and Iran have long been economic and strategic partners. But despite a new defense pact, the Kremlin is unlikely to ...

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, hit back at Donald Trump after the United States president warned that Vladimir Putin is "playing with fire" by continuing his ...

Putin’s forces launch five-hour drone assault on Kyiv in one of conflict’s largest attacks - Seven people died across Ukraine ...

Vladimir Putin has warned of an impending "global conflict" in an address in which he accused the West of stoking tensions regarding the war in Ukraine he started. Putin told the meeting of the ...