To establish a truce, Moscow demanded to suspend the supply of weapons and intelligence to Ukraine Archive photo: EPA-EFE Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held telephone conversations. This was reported on the Kremlin website. In order to conclude a 30-day truce, Ukraine must “stop the forced mobilization and re-equipment of the Armed Forces”, and Western countries must stop the transfer of military assistance to Ukraine and the exchange of intelligence, Moscow said.

US President Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office, 27 June 2017. Photo: Michael Reynolds / EPA US President Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin by telephone for over an hour and a half on Tuesday, in a much-anticipated conversation during which the two are believed to have discussed the possible scenarios for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, NBC reported .

Stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin. Photo: Ostorozhno Novosti, Telegram The authorities in Belarus have detained a Russian stand-up comedian as he attempted to leave for a third country via Minsk, the Russian Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday.

Photo: Sverdlovsk regional Prosecutor’s Office A court in Yekaterinburg has sentenced two former traffic police officers to three and a half years of correctional labour after finding them guilty of negligence over their initial failure to intervene in the brutal murder of an African postgraduate student in 2023, the regional Prosecutor’s Office announced on Tuesday.

Maria Ponomarenko. Photo: RusNews Fears for the well-being of the jailed Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko have risen after she told her lawyer that she had attempted suicide in prison, human rights group OVD-Info reported on Monday. Ponomarenko’s lawyer, Dmitry Shitov, said that Ponomarenko had shown him a stitched vein on her elbow during her latest court hearing and told him that she had decided to attempt suicide as a result of her “constant bullying” at the hands of prison staff.

History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work Vladimir Putin speaks at a news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, 4 March 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE / PAVEL BEDNYAKOV / AP POOL / POOL Since returning to the White House in 2025, US President Donald Trump has dramatically reshaped US policy towards Russia, adopting a markedly softer stance on Vladimir Putin and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

How the “War of the Future” unnoticed in Ukraine, predicted by futurologists The operator of the drone of the assault unit in preparation before being sent to Ukraine, Rostov Region, October 4, 2024. Photo: Sergey Pivovarov / satellite / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta At the beginning of the century, analysts and philosophers predicted a new military revolution. On the one hand, it was supposed to sharply reduce the number of losses in the warring armies of developed countries.

A destroyed school in the village of Grafovka in the Belgorod region. Photo: Pepel / Telegram Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia’s southwestern Belgorod region, admitted to the “complex situation” being faced on Tuesday amid reports that a district in the region had come under Ukrainian fire.

The State Duma wants to allow the homeless animals to massively kill. Throughout Russia they go to protest. What is wrong with the bill? Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov On March 19, the State Duma will consider the bill in the first reading, according to which regions will receive the right to euthanize homeless dogs and cats after the expiration of the set deadline in the shelter.

Photo: Prosecutor's Office of the Sverdlovsk Region / Telegram The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced two ex-employees of the local traffic police, Gennady Izergin and Ivan Oleinikov, to 3.5 years for coercive work. This was reported in the regional prosecutor's office. Men were found guilty of negligence that entailed the death of a person (part 2 of article 293 of the Criminal Code).

Before sending to Moscow, he was given a meat grinder and, apparently, they wrapped his head The security forces detained the stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin while trying to leave the country. A criminal case was instituted against him for a joke. This is stated in the telegram channel of the Investigative Committee.

Photo: ashes / telegram The Armed Forces tried to break through the border in the Belgorod region. This was written by wire-telegram channels, in particular, “Two Maigors” , “MIG of Russia” , “Archangel of Special Forces” and others. Ukrainian forces tried to break into the territory of Russia in the Krasnoyaruzhsky district, follows from the reports of telegram channels.

Alexander Skobov. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov Prosecutors have requested an 18-year prison sentence for Russian dissident Alexander Skobov, whose trial on charges of justifying terrorism over a social media post he wrote about the Ukrainian bombing of the Crimean Bridge is coming to an end in St. Petersburg, independent news outlet Bumaga reported on Tuesday.

A screen with the word “Russia” on it looms over an event to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia‘s annexation of Crimea in Sevastopol, Crimea, 18 March 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE The Trump administration is considering formally recognising occupied Crimea as Russian territory as part of a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, news outlet Semafor reported ahead of the US president’s scheduled call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

The United States conducts military operations against the Yemeni Hussites. Those in response are trying to attack the American aircraft carrier. What is known about the new war? A supporter of Khusitov holds a missile layout during a protest against air strikes by the USA, Sana, Yemen, March 17, 2025. Photo: yahya arhab / epa US President Donald Trump said on Saturday March 15 that the American army began a “decisive and powerful” wave of air strikes in the Khusiti militants in Northern Yemen.