As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in an interview with CBS News, the American administration has made it “pretty clear” to the Kremlin that Washington’s patience is running thin.
On May 15, Vladimir Putin dismissed the 70-year-old Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, General Oleg Salyukov, and replaced him with a much younger figure: 50-year-old Andrei Mordvichev.
On Friday, the first direct negotiations between representatives of Russia and Ukraine since the start of the war took place in Istanbul — and lasted less than two hours.
As the world’s attention turns to Istanbul, where peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to take place, the diplomatic climate remains highly tense.
German restaurants offer children mostly fried food — vegetables are a rare sight. Only one menu option offers real hope.
Under mounting external pressure, the first direct talks in three years between representatives of Russia and Ukraine may take place this Thursday.
What’s surprising is that the initiative did not come from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but he quickly seized the unexpected diplomatic opportunity.
The new restrictions are explained by the need to maintain decency and organizational order.
The main question analysts are now asking is: who blinked first — Washington or Beijing?
The heads of European states arrived in Ukraine by train.
An informal moment during the journey sparks rumors about drug use.
