KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian officials said Thursday that a Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 others as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, as tensions between the two nations continue to rise despite what diplomats called productive peace talks. Three drones hit … Read more
John McDonnell / Stringer, Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine is not peace: it is profit. Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are negotiating with Russian officials to ensure that US businesses—and Trump’s cronies—are in a position to make … Read more
By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s government is discussing different ways to shore up Russian Railways, the country’s biggest commercial employer, which has built up a debt pile of 4 trillion rubles ($50.8 billion), two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. State-owned Russian Railways, which employs around 700,000 people, has suffered a … Read more