One of Vladimir Putin ’s ‘war heroes’ – who was behind the deadly strikes on Mariupol in 2022 – has been killed by a ‘suicide bomber’ in Russia. Zaur Aleksandrovich Gurtsiev died alongside another man in an explosion, which investigators said ‘committed using a homemade device’, in the city of Stavropol yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards, according to reports.

The United States and Russia quarrelled in public on Wednesday over the intensifying Ukraine war after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that President Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" and Moscow massed 50,

While world leaders bicker over the prospects for peace, the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two is heating up fast.

President Donald Trump has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that he has a "week and a half to two weeks" to prove he is serious about ending the war in Ukraine

Moscow has expanded military recruitment and boosted weapons production. Peace could jeopardize the resulting economic gains.

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A just peace in Ukraine will likely come only after the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, is gone. However, there is also a short-term solution, Tagesschau reports, citing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.