Trade between Russia and US has fallen 90% since 2021 – blunting the impact of any proposed tariffs or sanctions.

President Donald Trump warned Russia it has "10 to 12" days to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine or face US sanctions and tariffs.

Ukrainian officials condemned the attack, saying that targeting civilian infrastructure, such as prisons, is a war crime.

The political analyst pointed to an important event that preceded the new ultimatum of the US president. US President Donald Trump has issued a new ultimatum to Putin to make peace with Ukraine - 10-12 days.

In a signal to Russia that the U.S. remains committed to its security guarantees to Europe, the United States has reportedly stationed nuclear weapons in the U.K. for the first time since 2008. According to a Bloomberg report citing defense analysts and open-source data,

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a post on X on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump was playing "the ultimatum game" with Russia, and that such an approach could lead to a war involving the United States.

The 2022 invasion came as a shock to many of Russia’s neighbors in eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, confirming their fears that Russia remained a threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their countries.

President Trump’s plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on Russian goods could raise the cost of urea, a key fertilizer in corn and other row crops.

The head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, has arrived in Houston for talks with the interim head of NASA, Sean Duffy - the first in-person meeting at the agencies' heads level since 2018,