Russia

• US has told Ukraine it must sign peace deal with Russia to get security guarantees, source says - WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The United States has told Ukraine that it must sign on to a peace deal with Russia in order to get U.S. security guarantees, a source familiar with internal discussions
• Russian forces begin pulling out of bases in northeast Syria - Russian forces have begun pulling out of positions in northeast Syria in an area still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after the group lost most of its territory in an offensive by government forces. Associated Press
• Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine - All they have to do is sign a contract to fight in Ukraine. As Russia seeks to replenish its forces in nearly four years of war — and avoid an unpopular nationwide mobilization — it's pulling out all the stops to find new troops to send in
• Takeaways from AP's report on how Bangladeshi workers were tricked into fighting in the Ukraine war - Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia under the false promise of civilian work and then forced to fight in the Ukraine war, an Associated Press investigation has found. In interviews with three men who escaped Russia, and the families o
• US security agreement for Ukraine is '100% ready' to be signed, Zelenskyy says - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is “100% ready” after two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia. Speaking to journalists in Vilnius during a
• Here’s the latest on the first trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and US as negotiators set plans for future meeting - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday highlighted progress made by Russian, Ukrainian and American negotiators in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, even as the path to achieving peace remains unclear.
• Despite Trump’s Words, China and Russia Are Not Threatening Greenland - U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella.
• Trump’s Push to Take Greenland Holds Promise and Peril for Putin - If the United States under President Trump starts acting as if it’s Russia, where does that leave President Vladimir V. Putin?
• Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. Officials to Meet in Abu Dhabi for Peace Talks - Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have rarely met directly in the past, instead relying on Americans to mediate, and it was unclear how the talks would play out.
• Russia's Sberbank takes stake in Element as Putin pushes tech sovereignty - By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Sberbank, Russia's biggest bank turned technology conglomerate, has taken a major stake in leading electronics producer Element, as Moscow pushes for