Paranoid Putin's life in the crosshairs: As one despot after another is assassinated, how the Russian tyrant is taking desperate steps to stay alive, writes MARK GALEOTTI ⊖
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48 days ago
After more than four years of war with Ukraine, the Kremlin has been forced to scale back Russia's Victory Day parade in Moscow radically, reducing the show of force to a mere token display.
Trump announces Russia-Ukraine three-day ceasefire from 9 May ⊖
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US president posts on Truth Social ceasefire will include suspension of all ‘kinetic activity’ and prisoner swaps
Donald Trump has announced on social media that there will be a three-day ceasefire in…
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree 3-day ceasefire and prisoner swap ○
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US president says Putin and Zelenskyy agreed to request for cessation beginning May 9
Trump stuns world by brokering shock THREE-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire and 2,000-prisoner swap on eve of Putin's Victory Day ⊖
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Donald Trump has announced a shocking three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Ex-NATO chief Rasmussen warns of ‘disintegration’ of alliance, calls for new European defense bloc ○
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As head of NATO and prime minister of Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has always advocated close ties with the U.S. Now he is calling for a radical rethink — and a new European defense alliance, of wh…
Kallas proposes doubling EU defense funding for Moldova ○
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Chișinău faces mounting pressure from Russia’s ongoing invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
49 days ago
Slovak PM May Deliver ‘Message’ From Ukraine’s Zelensky to Putin ○
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Ukraine has not commented on whether Volodymyr Zelensky asked Robert Fico to deliver a message to the Russian leader.
Ukraine may have turned tide of Russian territorial gains, says think tank ○
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ISW says Moscow's advance is slowing as Ukraine claims Russia's army suffered more than 35,000 casualties in April.
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaching Victory Day ceasefire ⊖
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The two sides report responding to hundreds of drone attacks, just hours into a truce to cover celebrations of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.
Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of breaking proposed ceasefires ahead of Victory Day parade in Moscow – Europe live ⊖
Ukraine suggested an indefinite ceasefire this week but it was repeatedly violated by Russia
We will also be looking at Italy today, where US secretary of state Marco Rubio is set to meet with the cou…