A Russian airstrike on apartment buildings in west Ukraine left at least 26 people dead and missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/twenty-six-killed-russian-strike-west-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
The U.S. has signaled to Kyiv that it must give up territory and some weapons in a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war with Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/politics/ukraine-land-arms-us-peace-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us
Two top U.S. Army officials have made a rare wartime visit to Kyiv, in an unannounced trip for talks with Ukraine’s leaders in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks with Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/politics/us-army-ukraine-peace-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Monday to seal deals with France on a supply of air-defense capabilities, warplanes and missiles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/world/politics/zelenskyy-france-defense-warplane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #france #defense
Recent intelligence assessments show Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of reaching a peace deal with Ukraine, Britain’s former spy chief said, adding he thinks Putin "needs to be put under more pressure." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/world/ukraine-uk-spy-chief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #vladimirputin
Group of Seven foreign ministers discussed ways to increase pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine amid doubts over whether Moscow is interested in negotiating an end to the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/world/politics/g7-russia-ukraine-peace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #marcorubio #canada #anitaanand #g7 #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
Russia said its forces had pushed deeper into the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, with one video showing Russian soldiers moving into Pokrovsk on motorbikes and on the roofs of battered cars and vans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-video/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
The cracks in Polish support for Ukrainians are now becoming more evident, with opposition to supporting Ukraine taking center stage in a power struggle at the top of Poland’s politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/world/politics/poland-support-ukrainians/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #poland #immigration #refugees #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
Kyiv was scrambling to turn the power back on after Russian missile attacks reduced Ukraine's energy capacity to "zero." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/world/ukraine-power-generation-zero/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
The Kremlin dismissed speculation that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had fallen out of favor with Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/putin-sour-lavrov-speculation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #sergeylavrov #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #russia
With NATO’s Arctic footprint expanding, Denmark is raising its military commitment to a territory seen as crucial to security — Greenland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/world/politics/danish-army-greenland-trump-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #denmark #greenland #russia #us #donaldtrump #vladimirputin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ramping up prosecutions to eliminate potential rivals as his war in Ukraine drags on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/03/world/russians-see-enemies-everywhere/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #peterthegreat #josefstalin #vladimirputin #freespeech #russiaukrainewar
It is tempting — but wrong — to view the two nations as a single security threat to Europe and NATO. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/china-and-russias-threat-to-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #russia #us #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #xijinping #defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile that his military said was capable of traveling for at least 14,000 kilometers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/politics/russia-nuclear-powered-missile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #nuclearweapons #missiles
Oil prices rose around 5% to a two-week high after the U.S. imposed sanctions on major Russian suppliers over Moscow's war in Ukraine, prompting energy firms in China and India to consider cutting Russian imports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/24/us-russia-sanctions-oil-surge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #oil #vladimirputin #donaldtrump
The U.S. will announce a "substantial” new round of sanctions against Russia, signaling President Donald Trump is preparing to ratchet up pressure on Moscow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/politics/trump-russia-sanctions-putin-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy painted his meeting last week with U.S. President Donald Trump as a success that yielded progress on acquiring new air defense systems, a contrast from earlier reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/world/politics/zelenskyy-trump-patriot-systems/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
U.S. President Donald Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to give up swaths of territory to Russia during a tense meeting on Friday that left the Ukrainian delegation disappointed, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/world/politics/trump-zelenskyy-concessions-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #volodymyrzelenskyy #vladimirputin
When Russian Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest, it will be uncomfortable sight for allies of Ukraine that have sought to isolate a leader they say is a war criminal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/world/putin-budapest-visit-awkward/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #donaldtrump #eu #nato #hungary
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold a second meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin "within two weeks or so” aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/world/politics/trump-putin-budapest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #russia #russiaukrainewar #donaldtrump #vladimirputin
