France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot is convinced that ending the war in Ukraine is entirely realistic, but the main obstacle remains the imperial ambitions of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Barrot in an interview with French newspaper La Tribune Dimanche Quote: "Peace is entirely within reach,

Just weeks before a scheduled sit-down with President Donald Trump to end the Ukraine war, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin survived a secret Kremlin attempt to take him out with a deadly nerve toxin, intelligence sources told RadarOnline.com in an explosive world exclusive.

Two major hurdles remain in bringing an end to the Russian-Ukraine war – including getting the Russian leader to accept some concessions. After two days of talks in Geneva, US and Ukrainian officials have whittled down a 28-point peace plan that was slanted towards Russia into a 19-point plan that Kyiv can accept in large part.

At the 5th International Congress of Young Scientists in Sirius, President Vladimir Putin hails the event’s growth to about 8,000 participants from over 100 countries as proof that Russia can still build a global scientific community despite Western restrictions.

Getting the US and Ukraine to agree is not the most difficult part of this. Getting Russia to sign onto any compromises, when it has spent the past few days signaling it will reject any revised deal outright,