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Putin’s Minister Sends Blunt Message To Trump Over US-Russia Relations

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Vladimir Putin’s minister has called for Donald Trump’s administration to make the first move to improve relations between their countries.

It comes as the US president looks to end the bloody Ukraine war which started in February 2022, when the Russian president invaded in a land grab.

Trump and Putin are yet to directly discuss how to resolve the conflict, though both have signalled that they are willing.

That is a significant development considering the US-Russia relationship completely fractured over the Ukraine war.

Even so, deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov wrote on the Foreign Ministry website that the US “must take the first step” to fix the relationship.

According to Reuters news agency, he said the Kremlin has tried to be a partner with the west, but “no one was listening or, in theory, wanted to listen.”

He added: “And that is because the underlying aim was to weaken the geopolitical rival to the maximum.”

He said Moscow has regained “its lawful place in world geopolitics by frustrating the plans of Joe Biden’s administration”, alleging the last White House wanted to push a “strategic defeat” on Russia in a “hybrid war” via its support for Ukraine.

Ryabkov continued: “Against the background of this failed policy and with the change of administration, it is the United States that must take the first step in normalising relations on the basis of mutual respect and equal rights.”

Despite this warning, he said Russia is “open to dialogue and ready to reach agreement through hard bargaining while taking account of realities on the ground … So it is up to D Trump and his team to make a decision.”

Putin has heaped praise on Trump since his return to office, describing him as “a clever and pragmatic man”.

The US president has expressed his sympathy over Russia’s frustration the idea that Ukraine could one day join Nato, and once described Putin’s invasion as “savvy” and “genius”.

But Trump has also adopted a harsher tone in recent weeks, saying he thinks Putin is “destroying Russia by not making a deal” and threatened to put more sanctions on the country if it did not stop the “ridiculous war”.

Although Trump officially returned to the office on January 21, only preliminary contact has been established between the US and Russia so far, according to Russia’s ambassador to Britain Andrei Kelin.

Asked if Trump was seen as a friend of Russia by ITV News, the ambassador said: “No.”

“That is clearly no, because what we have heard about peace through force, about [the] necessity to impose more sanctions on Russia,” he said, adding: “We are hearing different things and a lot of speculation all around so it is too early to say what will be the outcome of that.”

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Putin’s Army Has Just Had Two of The ‘Most Costly’ Months Of War, UK Says

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Vladimir Putin’s army has just endured two of its “most costly” months of war, according to the UK.

The ministry of defence (MoD) announced in its latest update on social media that January 2025 was “likely the second most costly month” for Russia after its forces sustained a staggering 48,240 casualties.

The Mod put the average daily casualty rate at around 1,556.

But the worst period of loss for the Russian army was December 2025, when casualties hit 48,670, according to reports from the Ukraine’s General Staff shared by the MoD.

The intelligence officers believe average daily loss rate was therefore a little higher in December, reaching 1,570 per day.

The MoD said that is “the highest average daily casualty rate of the conflict thus far” – although it does not look like that number will drastically drop any time soon.

Putin’s troops has already sustained a staggering 50,000 casualties just in the first six weeks of 2025.

The MoD also claimed Russia has endured more than 837,000 casualties since invading Ukraine in February 2022, almost three years ago.

The MoD said: “Russia’s casualty rate will likely continue to average above 1,000 a day in February 2025, reflecting the high tempo of Russian operations and offensives.”

These are all estimates as Russia does not regularly reveal its casualty rate.

Ukraine normally keeps its losses to itself too, but its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently announced his army had lost more than 45,100 throughout the war, with another 390,000 injured since the war began.

The shocking number is still much lower than the estimates for their Russian opponents.

Putin had already been accused of using “meat-grinder tactics” by UK prime minister Keir Starmer last autumn, but he now seems to be forcing his troops to push forward into Ukraine, even if there’s an even greater rate of loss, after Donald Trump’s election.

The US president has made it clear he wants to end the Ukraine war but is much more sympathetic to Putin than other western allies.

This has sparked fears Trump may force Ukraine to cede any occupied land to Russia in a potential peace deal – and at the moment, Moscow controls around a fifth of its beleaguered neighbour.

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Harrison Ford Makes Very Honest Admission About Signing Up For The MCU

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This article contains minor spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.

Harrison Ford has opened up about his new penchant for saying yes to projects without actually looking at a script.

The Hollywood octogenarian has had an especially jam-packed few years, which have included prominent roles in the Apple TV+ comedy Shrinking, the Western drama 1923 and, of course, the reboot of the Indiana Jones franchise.

For both of his TV ventures, Harrison has spoken in the past about how he signed on without ever reading a script, based solely on the reputation of their creators.

In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, he revealed this approach extended to his role in the Marvel franchise.

“Again, no script,” he told the US outlet. “Why not? I saw enough Marvels to see actors that I admired having a good time.”

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Harrison joined the MCU in 2022, taking over the role of Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross from the late William Hurt, and will make his Marvel debut in Captain America: Brave New World when it hits cinemas next month.

Because of signing on without reading a script, Harrison admitted that it came as a bit of a surprise when more of his character’s connection to another Marvel property was revealed at the end of the film, when Thunderbolt is revealed to be the Red Hulk.

Harrison Ford's character is revealed to be the Red Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World
Harrison Ford’s character is revealed to be the Red Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World

“It’s like life,” the Star Wars actor quipped. “You only get so far in the kit until the last page of the instructions is missing.”

Later this year, Harrison is expected to reprise the role in another Marvel movie, Thunderbolts*, which features an all-star cast including Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

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