The Russian leader said that, if he could do it over, he'd have launched his invasion even earlier than February 2022.

Tatarstan is a multiethnic Russian republic which is home to a significant Muslim minority. Between October 22 and October 24, its capital, Kazan hosted the summit of BRICS countries which include Brazil, India, China and South Africa, and is considered by Russia to be the Global South's alternative to the G7.

Ukraine said on Friday that Colonel General Alexei Kim, a deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, ordered a missile strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine in August that killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and wounded two of the agency's journalists.

The EU included Chinese firms in its latest round of sanctions, citing exports of dual-use goods, including components used to produce Russian drones.

Zelensky is personally deeply invested in his own peace plan, particularly as Ukrainians have made enormous sacrifices in the war so far. This does not rule out compromises, but it makes concessions to China, widely seen by Ukrainians as one of Russia’s main supporters in the war, very unlikely.

European Union leaders will avoid directly calling out China over Russia's war in Ukraine at a major summit this week, according to a draft statement seen by the Post. Beijing's relations with Moscow are a cause for much concern in European capitals,

China's selective restrictions on key drone components limit Ukraine's drone production capacity while strengthening Russia's. This commentary examines how the United States can strengthen Ukraine's domestic drone production during and after potential negotiations.

The restrictions by China form part of a wider export ban on drone components that could be announced in January, according to Bloomberg.

US president-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s president Xi Jinping to his inauguration on January 20 in a surprise move which appears to be part of a plan to involve Beijing in ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine.

US president-elect Donald Trump has suggested that China could play a key role in brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine, in comments that referenced the dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's 50-year regime in Syria on Sunday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make what is likely his final trip in office to the United Nations this week, capping his engagements with the world body after a tumultuous four years that saw war return to Europe and multiple crises in the Middle East.