For more than two decades, Washington and New Delhi built a strategic partnership that was hailed as one of the great success stories of post–Cold War diplomacy. Today, that relationship is facing its most serious test in years — and India is signaling it has other options.

This is the existential dilemma confronting the Ukrainian leader as he travels to Washington for talks with the US president on Monday. Fresh off a summit in Alaska with Vladimir Putin that bypassed a ceasefire, Trump has left Zelenskiy little room to maneuver.

During a pivotal visit to Moscow, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed bilateral relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Jaishankar addressed trade imbalances and tariffs,

Russia has resumed delivery of its oil to Slovakia and Hungary following repairs to a pumping station on the Druzhba export pipeline that was attacked by Ukraine on Sunday.

Russia-China trade is slowing: on-year growth fell to 2% in 2024 versus 29% in 2022.

Oil prices fell on Tuesday as traders thought a possible cease-fire in Russia's war with Ukraine might lead to easing or the end to sanctions on Russian crude oil, which would in turn boost global supply.

Hungary accused Ukraine of an "outrageous and unacceptable" attack that disabled a Russian oil pipeline supplying the NATO ally—and fired a warning to Kyiv about its reliance on Hungarian electricity supplies. Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian foreign ministry for comment.