EADaily, October 23rd, 2025. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States still wants to hold a meeting with the Russian side.

The United States hit Russia’s major oil companies with sanctions on Wednesday and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major training exercise involving nuclear arms.

Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth warned Russia will face "costs" if the Ukraine war continues, urging NATO allies to increase weapons funding for Kyiv. The appeal comes as Western military aid has declined sharply in recent months.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Moscow on Wednesday that the United States and its allies would "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" if the war in Ukraine does not come to an end.

Much has been made of the deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela, to interdict and sink ships belonging to drug

The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. It is a broadened effort to choke off the revenue that funds Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and to force President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war.