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 ...

Germany’s top spy warns that widespread support for the Ukraine war allows Putin to control Russian society—and may signal broader confrontations with NATO ahead.

Despite proposing a brief ceasefire to recover bodies, Russia has continued to reject Ukraine ’s call for a 30-day truce backed by Western allies. President Volodymyr Zelensky recently warned that Moscow is understood to be massing 50,000 troops near Sumy in a push to carve out a 10-kilometre buffer zone.

A senior Nato official who was once Britain’s top military figure in the alliance has issued the starkest warning yet that Russia may look to launch an attack on Europe within the next three years. On Monday,

France's President Emmanuel Macron warned the US and Europe risked losing their credibility and being accused of "double standards" if they do not resolve the wars in Ukraine and Gaza soon. He also appealed to Asian countries to build a new alliance with Europe to ensure they do not become "collateral damage" in the struggle for power between the US and China.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling at the peace table while preparing a new military offensive in Ukraine, two senior U.S. senators warned Sunday, arguing that the next two weeks could shape the future of a war that has already smashed cities,