Kurt Volker, the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, does not believe Russia wants to end the war and would use a ceasefire to alleviate the burden on the military.

Russian and U.S. officials met in Saudi Arabia to begin talks to end the war in Ukraine—the first such high-level dialogue to take place since the 2022 full-scale invasion, but one without Ukrainian representatives.

While Vladimir Putin has become the face of Russia's war in Ukraine, a billionaire businessman is working in the shadows and shaping the conflict. Konstantin Malofeyev used his wealth and propaganda machine to push for Russian expansionism,