White House official says India ‘basically tied with China in purchasing Russian oil’ as Delhi defies sanctions threat

Previous Trump promises, threats and cajoling have failed to yield results., and the stubborn diplomatic stalemate will be hard to clear away. Meanwhile, Ukraine is losing more territory on the front line, although there is no sign of a looming collapse of its defenses.

The Kremlin has played down the significance of Trump repositioning US submarines in response to an inflammatory post by Dmitry Medvedev.