Katharina Krebs

1 week ago | cnn.com | Tim Lister |Katharina Krebs

CNN  —  One of Russia’s most outspoken generals, sacked and detained after a withering attack on the Defense Ministry two years ago, is returning to the front, according to his lawyer. But according to Russian state media, he’s been handed a poisoned chalice: front-line command of a notorious battalion of ex-prisoners that has suffered massive casualties in Ukraine.

1 week ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Tim Lister |Katharina Krebs

One of Russia’s most outspoken generals, sacked and detained after a withering attack on the Defense Ministry two years ago, is returning to the front, according to his lawyer. But according to Russian state media, he’s been handed a poisoned chalice: front-line command of a notorious battalion of ex-prisoners that has suffered massive casualties in Ukraine.

1 month ago | krdo.com | Lauren Kent |Anna Chernova |Daria Tarasova-Markina |Katharina Krebs

By Lauren Kent, Anna Chernova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Katharina Krebs and Jessie Yeung, CNN(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned the United States-brokered proposal for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war on Thursday, setting forth tough conditions and demanding concessions from Kyiv despite saying he supported a truce in theory.

1 month ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Lauren Kent |Anna Chernova |Daria Tarasova-Markina |Ivana Kottasova |Katharina Krebs |Matthew Chance

Putin says he has ‘reservations’ about 30-day ceasefire proposal as US envoy arrives in MoscowUS special envoy Steve Witkoff, pictured here in Saudi Arabia on February 18, 2025, after participating in a meeting with Russian officials, has arrived in Moscow Thursday for further talks.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Kent |Anna Chernova |Daria Tarasova-Markina |Ivana Kottasová |Katharina Krebs |Matthew Chance

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his Thursday news conference he has “reservations” about a potential 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war, saying it’s not clear how the situation would develop in Kursk and elsewhere if a ceasefire was implemented. Putin lauded the US proposal as “great and correct” and said Russia supports it in theory, but there are many things that still need to be discussed.