Moscow claimed the diplomatic development after Trump branded Putin ‘absolutely crazy’ for a record-breaking drone attack on Ukraine, and the Kremlin said the US president was being “emotional”
The US and Russia have agreed to a prisoner exchange, the Kremlin has claimed, as Moscow’s foreign minister heaped praise on Donald Trump as a man “who wants results” after the US president blasted Vladimir Putin’s attacks on Ukraine.
Sergey Lavrov told a press conference Washington and Moscow had agreed on a prisoner swap after Trump and Putin spoke of exchanging nine people from each side during their phone call last week, according to NBC.
Moscow claimed the diplomatic development after Trump branded Putin “absolutely crazy” for a record-breaking drone attack on Ukraine, and the Kremlin said the US president was being “emotional”.
Mr Trump issued some of his sharpest criticism of Mr Putin after Russia fired 355 drones and nine missiles at Ukraine — the largest aerial attack of the more than three-year war.
He added that if the Russian leader tried to conquer all of Ukraine, it would “lead to the downfall of Russia” as he warned of further sanctions.
On Tuesday Lavrov grovelled to Trump as a man “who wants results.”
“He sees some of the Europeans are working to sabotage his efforts [on peace]… of course, he gets emotional, and, of course, as someone who does not like anything to stand in the way of his noble goals, he looks at it a certain way,” Lavrov said, according to Russian news outlet Tass.
UK turns to AI in bid to tackle Putin’s threat in Arctic
Tom Watling28 May 2025 02:00
Who is Andriy Portnov? Former Ukrainian politician killed on school run in Spain
Andriy Portnov, 51, was gunned down on Wednesday morning outside the gates of the American School in Madrid’s affluent neighbourhood of Pozuelo.
Police received the call about the shooting at 9.15 am local time. Radio station Cadena SER said the man was taking his children to school when he was shot.
Tom Watling28 May 2025 01:00
Russian aerial attacks across Ukraine on the rise – graph
Tom Watling28 May 2025 00:00
Air defences down 112 Ukrainian drones over Russia, six headed to Moscow, officials say
Russian air defences destroyed or intercepted 112 Ukrainian drones over a three-hour period, most of them over central or southern regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said early on Wednesday.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said six Ukrainian drones were repelled while heading for the Russian capital. Recovery crews were examining fragments on the ground, he said.
Holly Evans27 May 2025 23:12
Donald Trump grows angrier as Vladimir Putin exposes his impotence
As Washington settled in for a typically sleepy Memorial Day following the passage of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in the House, the president fired off one of his trademark furious rants on Truth Social, but the target was a surprise.
This time, the target wasn’t any of his domestic political foes — like the Democrats who voted in lockstep against the budget package he endorsed, or the handful of Republicans who refused to fall into line. It wasn’t even aimed at the various law enforcement figures who have attempted to hold him to account over the years.
Tom Watling27 May 2025 23:00
Starmer is now in the crosshairs of the Kremlin
It is no coincidence that Sir Keir Starmer began his premiership last summer with a whirlwind of foreign policy activity: hosting the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace, flying to Washington for the 75th anniversary Nato summit, and reaffirming Britain’s role in supporting Ukraine. In doing so, he signalled Britain’s renewed seriousness as a global actor. And while this may not always be fully appreciated at home, it is being clearly registered in Moscow.
Why Starmer is now in the crosshairs of the Kremlin
The prime minister’s activities on the world stage have made him of great interest to Moscow, says Katia Glod, who shows how Russian media activity about him soars every time he sticks his head above the parapet
Tom Watling27 May 2025 22:00
Russia’s Medvedev on Trump’s criticism of Putin: the only bad thing is new world war
Top Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev, responding to Donald Trump’s criticism of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said the only truly bad thing to worry about was World War Three.
“Regarding Trump’s words about Putin “playing with fire” and “really bad things” happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!” Medvedev wrote on X.
Jabed Ahmed27 May 2025 21:10
Russia seizes on Badenoch’s claim Ukraine is fighting a ‘proxy war’ on behalf of Western Europe
Russia has seized on comments made by the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who said that Ukraine is fighting a “proxy war” on behalf of Western Europe.
Russia’s embassy in London shared a clip of Ms Badenoch, claiming she had “called a spade a spade”.
In an interview with Sky News on Sunday, the Tory leader also claimed that Israel is fighting a “proxy war on behalf of the UK” in Gaza against Hamas.
Tom Watling27 May 2025 21:00
Dutch intelligence agencies say Russian hackers stole police data in cyberattack
A previously unknown Russian hacker group with suspected ties to the Kremlin was responsible for a cyberattack last year on the Dutch police and has also targeted other Western nations that deliver military support to Ukraine, intelligence agencies announced Tuesday.
The agencies said in a report that the group, which they called Laundry Bear, is actively trying to steal sensitive data from European Union and NATO countries and is “extremely likely Russian state supported.”
Tom Watling27 May 2025 20:00
Russia denies involvement in arson at properties linked to UK Prime Minister Starmer
A top Kremlin official on Monday scoffed at a report that Russia could be involved in recent arson attacks on the private home of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a building where he once lived and a car that he had owned.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a Financial Times report that said U.K. security officials were looking into whether Russia was involved in the attacks.
Tom Watling27 May 2025 19:00
