US weighs relief for sanctioned shadow fleet tankers, days after freeing Russian diesel
Officials say only unsanctioned oil would sail, but Reuters says Trump’s diesel push could pressure them to let Russian fuel aboard.
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Dmitry Peskov
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine could hold elections if Russia agrees to 60-day ceasefire. Moscow counters with truce lasting only voting day
Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says Ukraine needs the 60 days not to hold elections but to heal its wounds and keep fighting.
After Russia hits Kyiv’s Academy of Sciences with jet-powered drone, the Kremlin says Ukraine must “pay a price”
Peskov calls Russia's intensified strikes part of that price.
ISW: Russia has taken just 81 km² of Ukraine this year—while claiming 2,226
The false picture is not just propaganda for the public but material that appears to reach the desk of Russia's leader, the think tank says.
ISW: Russia’s grand territorial ambitions are divorced from battlefield reality
The think tank noted that Russian forces first infiltrated Kostiantynivka in October 2025 and have made no significant tactical gains in six months, even as Peskov restated Moscow's withdrawal demand on four oblasts.
Russia wants joint economic projects with US — but only if Washington stops linking them to peace in Ukraine
Russia is offering Trump a deal that makes peace unnecessary.
Kremlin terms unchanged: Moscow repeats Putin’s 2024 demand for four Ukraine’s oblasts as peace push stalls
That is a demand for capitulation, not for peace.
Russia’s 20% windfall tax breaks Putin’s promise—again
Oligarchs offered donations. Moscow chose compulsion, with oil at a four-year high.
Kremlin: Russia is forming new military units for “everyone,” including students
Reports say university rectors were told to push 2% of students into the army: up to 76,000 soldiers.
Why is Russia asking its billionaires to fund a war its $190 billion defense budget should cover?
Kerimov pledged $1.2 billion. The Kremlin called it spontaneous.
Russia threatens to aim nukes at Estonia—then claims it’s “not a threat”
Tallinn signals openness to nuclear debate—Moscow responds with targeting rhetoric.
Bilateral deals for Washington, maximalist war aims for Moscow — ISW maps the Kremlin’s two-track play
While Lavrov blamed Ukraine and the EU and railed against Western security guarantees, Kremlin officials were at the same time calling on Washington to lift “illegal” sanctions and calculate the price of frozen US–Russian commerce.
Russia’s occupiers had a 60-second Telegram kill chain. Their own government just turned it into a hours-long crawl
Before the slowdown, target data from a drone reportedly reached fire teams in under two minutes. Now, without Telegram, it crawls through layers of internal communication — arriving too late to matter, the occupiers themselves admit.
Putin confirms Russia still wants all of Ukraine and won’t be satisfied with US-proposed peace plan, ISW says
He again referred to wide areas of Ukraine as “historically Russian,” including territories not currently under Russian occupation.
ISW: Kremlin statements again show Russia’s unwillingness to pursue real peace
Russian officials repeated demands centered on forcing Ukraine into a one‑sided agreement.
Russia hails Trump’s new security strategy: “Largely consistent with our vision”
Document blames EU for blocking peace efforts, calls for restoring 'strategic stability' to Russia.
ISW: Russia keeps rejecting any peace deal without full concessions
Fresh remarks from Kremlin officials reinforce Russia’s position of rejecting proposals that do not meet its maximalist demands.
Kremlin says it will continue killing Ukrainians despite sanctions, while Kyiv calls for real security
From Crimea to Kyiv, sanctions pile up, yet Russia’s military potential remains intact, keeping the conflict grinding forward in attrition.
Kremlin deploys nuclear threats and war nostalgia to spook Western capitals into silence
Russian officials evoke Hiroshima and WWII to warn France and Germany against supporting Kyiv.
Lavrov wears “USSR” sweater in Alaska, as his colleague makes it clear — no peace deal signing today
Putin and Trump will sit across from each other as Alaska braces for tense discussions that will shape Europe’s future.