Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

China is watching as President Donald Trump pushes for a diplomatic solution to Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, Sen. Lindsey Graham told NBC's Kristen Welker in an interview that aired Sunday. The stakes?

Under the proposed Russian deal, Kyiv would fully withdraw from the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in return for a Russian pledge to freeze the front lines in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the sources said.

US President Donald Trump on Friday (16 August) claimed Russia had lost India as an oil customer after Washington announced tariffs on New Delhi for its crude imports from Moscow, though he hinted he may not apply secondary tariffs on other nations still buying Russian oil, NDTV reported.

China's top diplomat landed in neighbouring India on Monday, seeking to bolster long-fraught relations in the face of intense pressure and tariffs from the United States.Foreign

The shockwaves from the historic meeting between the US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are continuing to reverberate throughout the West world and beyond.

Ukraine controls around 6,600 square kilometres of Donbas, which comprises the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and is claimed by Russia

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