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The U.S. and Russia have been on opposing sides in Venezuela, with Moscow providing military and economic support to Maduro.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's defiant New Year's message contrasts sharply with President Donald Trump's diplomatic push as Ukraine-Russia war approaches fourth year.

January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

The most striking comparison to the operation isn’t Panama, though. It’s Ukraine. From Moscow, President Vladimir Putin once tried his own version of leadership decapitation—minus the rock playlist, plus a full-scale invasion—expecting Ukraine’s government to “quit,

President Donald Trump appeared to signal his displeasure with Russian President Vladimir Putin by sharing a New York Post editorial that sharply criticizes the Kremlin and argues Trump should “turn up the heat” on Russia.

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.

By Ben Aris in Berlin President Vladimir Putin continues to enjoy strong approval ratings nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to polling from the Levada Centre, an independent Russian research organisation.