Zelensky offers Putin fresh peace talks after weeks of Moscow’s missile strikes - Zelensky said he had offered Putin fresh peace talks starting from next week but did not give any more details

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine.

Concerns are growing that Kazakhstan could be at risk of a future Russian invasion, amid claims of the Kremlin's growing influence and signs of a cultural crackdown.

Experts worry Russia could raise the stakes in its attempted invasion by employing battlefield nuclear weapons

The paper notes that as Putin rejects U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace proposals, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities continue to kill civilians, hopes for a ceasefire deal or a reset in Moscow’s relations with the West are rapidly fading.

Australia has delivered its first shipment of US-built tanks to the Ukrainian army, after a months-long wait. Meanwhile the EU finally approved an 18th package of sanctions against Russian

The Kremlin currently lacks a clear strategy for responding to the US ultimatum regarding the war in Ukraine, while key Russian oil buyers - China, India, and Türkiye - are cautiously assessing the risks of possible secondary sanctions,

Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your weekly round-up of top international news. This week we are covering Trump’s possible U-turn on Putin, Estonia and the Baltics get ready with HIMARS,