Russia has no intention of ending its war in Ukraine, according to assessments by eastern NATO member states Poland and Estonia that offer a warning to Washington that Vladimir Putin is likely buying time in peace talks.

After attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2015, Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, reported back to Epstein that he’d met with several Russian officials, including Lavrov; the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina; and several other heads of Russian banks.

A senior European intelligence chief says Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine.

“Russia has to continue the war because this war is too big for Putin to fail.”

Experts believe that Epstein was trying to infiltrate the corridors of power and establish himself as influential.

Britain is set to double the number of its troops in Norway to bolster defences in the High North against Vladimir Putin ’s Russia. The commitment will see the number of UK forces in the country rise from 1,000 to 2,000 over the next three years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign minister and close lieutenant, Sergey Lavrov, accused Trump on Monday of continuing "Bidenism" and betraying what was agreed between the two leaders at their summit in Anchorage, Alaska, last August.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces close in on key strategic city as ‘last battles’ rage - Kyiv says its military still holds on in northern part of Pokrovsk and is defending a smaller city nea

In a video-link call broadcast on Russian state television, Putin said the Moscow-Beijing relationship was an important stabilizing factor at a time of growing global turbulence.

UKRAINE has been accused by Russia of training an assassin in Kyiv and promising him £22,000 to kill one of Vladimir Putin’s top spy chiefs. Lyubomir Korba, 65, has allegedly