The Russian president said he agreed in principle with US proposals to halt the fighting but said he wanted to address the “root causes of the conflict”

The war between Russia and Ukraine has become a major geopolitical crisis of the 21st century.

The endgame of the Ukraine war remains uncertain with US policy likely to be influenced by the outcome of the US election.

"The use of such chemicals is not an isolated incident, and is probably driven by Russian forces' desire to dislodge Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and achieve tactical gains on the battlefield," the State Department said.

The long-term imposition of the floor price has had a negative impact on the stock market, leading to the current bearish trend, according to Md Ashequr Rahman, managing director of Midway Securities.

How many more deaths will satisfy the war merchants’ thirst for profit?

The handshake defied an unwritten rule among her fellow Ukrainians to not congratulate their Russian and Belarusian opponents as war rages in their homeland.

The head of the Wagner mercenary group, which in June attempted to topple Russia's military leadership, was on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday, with all passengers killed, Russian officials said

Russia is special, but mainly in the sense that it is uniquely capable of destroying, in a matter of days, what took centuries to build.