As he heads to Alaska for talks with President Trump, the Russian leader projects confidence that his edge on the battlefield will secure a peace deal on his terms. It’s the result of a yearslong re-engineering of his country’s military and economy.

Analyst Ozay Sendir noted that the West is currently fragmented, with EU countries urging the US president not to accept any Ukraine settlement plan that ignores their views and…

Richard Black drew attention to the steady advance of Russian troops, emphasizing that the Ukrainian "defensive line is buckling"

As he heads to Alaska for talks with President Trump, the Russian leader projects confidence that his edge on the battlefield will secure a peace deal on his terms. It’s the…

Trump said there was a 25 per cent chance that the talks would fail, but added he could stay in Alaska for longer depending on what happens.