MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.

Angela Stent, senior fellow at Brookings Institution, says Russian President Vladimir Putin counted on Chinese President Xi Jinping's support when he invaded Ukraine – and continues to count on Beijing's economic support and diplomatic support on a global stage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no fear of US President Donald Trump's threats and is preparing to continue military operations in Ukraine until the West agrees to his peace terms, Reuters reports.

Russia, however, has not taken kindly to Trump's threats. "President Trump's statements are perceived not as a signal for peace, but as a signal for the continuation of the war,"

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker joins 'America Reports' to discuss President Donald Trump threatening secondary tariffs on Russia over their continuation of attacks on Ukraine.

Mr Putin’s war against Ukraine inadvertently led to an end to the hitherto intractable conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which is now struggling to break free of Russia’s grip and make peace with Turkey.

North Korea is now supplying almost half of Russia’s ammunition for its war against Ukraine, South Korean military data shows. Pyongyang is accused of shipping millions of artillery shells and other munitions to Vladimir Putin’s military,

“Putin will not negotiate as a loser,” one of his longtime associates tells TIME by phone from Moscow. “He knows that winners don’t get punished, and if he wins, all of this” — the sanctions, the tariffs — “will go away.”