Russia has advanced around Pokrovsk for many months, but has so far failed to entirely encircle or seize control of the city.

The idea that America faces an inexorable, irreversible decline has become a form of conventional wisdom. Is this really true — or is it becoming so because of poor policy choices being made by its ...

Putin’s Post-War Empire Explained: As the prospect of a permanent ceasefire looms over the battlefield, the geopolitical landscape of Eastern Europe and the emerging "new map" of Ukraine under ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire and won't back down in Ukraine, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview with "Face the ...

Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a ...

Russian forces have made marginal gains in recent days in Ukraine's east, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), whose latest maps depict the state of play on the front line. The ...

Putin’s Russia rests on an unsustainable contradiction. It is, at one and the same time, both a colony and an aspiring empire. It can’t be both, however, and sooner rather than later Russia ...

During his interview with Carlson, Putin traced Russian history to the ninth century. In his view, southern Ukraine became part of the Russian Empire when Catherine II — known more commonly as ...

Elbegdorj, in a post on X, shared the maps illustrating the extent of the Mongol Empire's territory, which included parts of modern-day Russia.

The Russo-Japanese conflict of 1904-05 was anticipated to be a "short, successful war" for Russia against an inferior opponent. Instead, it became a rout of St. Petersburg's forces in the Far East ...

The Inevitable Fall of Putin’s New Russian Empire What history tells us about collapsed empires trying to restore their former possessions.

A new study traces how Russia’s empire building, especially in Ukraine, resulted in long-term economic damage and fomented rebellion for over a century.