Putin says Russia would consider foreign troops deployed in Ukraine "legitimate targets"

"If any troops appear there, especially now while fighting is ongoing, we assume that they will be legitimate targets," Putin says as the U.S. and Europe plan for a post-war Ukraine.

Ukraine drone hits Black Sea Russian city of Sochi after Putin holds meeting there

Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian Black Sea coast overnight into Tuesday morning, according to the Russian Defense Ministry and local officials.

Russia's Putin willing to meet Ukraine's Zelenskyy if he 'comes to Moscow'

Putin said on Wednesday he was open to a face-to-face meeting with Zelenskyy in the Russian capital, while Trump pushes for progress in ending Russia's all-out war in Ukraine, now well into its fourth year.

Putin says foreign troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before a peace agreement has been signed would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow’s forces. Putin’s comments came hours after European leaders repledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force,

Russian drones force Europe to defend itself, perhaps alone, after Putin ‘put down a marker’ to NATO

BRUSSELS (AP) — Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NATO has focused on trying to deter an attack on its own territory and avoid all-out war with nuclear armed Russia. Now the time has come for NATO to defend itself, and European allies might have to do it alone, experts and leaders say.
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