Putin forced into diesel export ban as Ukraine's drone strikes trigger a fuel crisis across Russia. Discover the details.

The comments came while Trump was attending this week's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) meets with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via ) Trump pointed to Zelenskyy and asked if reporters had any questions for “President Putin” before appearing to catch the error and insist he wanted to relay the inquiries when he spoke to the Russian president later in the day.

The Russian leader denounced Ukraine’s “imaginary achievements” on the battlefield of late, calling its leaders “play actors.”

The prediction market odds that Russian President Vladimir Putin will step down have gone up as Ukraine has launched drone attacks deeper and deeper into Russian territory.

In chess, there’s a move called a fork. You attack two pieces at once, forcing the hand of your counterpart. Russian President Vladimir Putin relishes opportunities to fork his enemies. He recently told President Trump that his Valdai residence had been ...

Ukraine is taking the war to Russia, but so far President Vladimir V. Putin’s response has been to keep attacking, including with deadly ballistic missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on Thursday.

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