BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
Leaders from the expanded 11-member bloc have gathered in New Delhi for high-stakes talks overshadowed by active military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Leaders from the expanded 11-member bloc have gathered in New Delhi for high-stakes talks overshadowed by active military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Following weekend shuttle diplomacy by US envoys in Moscow and Kyiv, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a direct phone call that produced no immediate peace breakthroughs while heavy strikes continued.
The diplomatic mission follows a three-hour meeting in the Kremlin where Vladimir Putin insisted that any settlement must account for Russian military advances.
U.S. negotiators traveled from Moscow to Kyiv to synchronize peace proposals as Russian strikes killed civilians in the Dnipro and Kharkiv regions.
The temporary suspension of attacks on the Ukrainian capital coincides with a US-led diplomatic push, though heavy fighting continues in other regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's first-ever visit to the disputed Kuril Islands has drawn fierce condemnation from Tokyo, deepening a diplomatic stalemate dating back to World War II.
Russian forces have shifted their primary operational focus in the Donetsk region to Kostiantynivka, combining tactical assaults with an information campaign targeting the US administration.