Saddened to hear about the passing of The Telegraph's David Knowles at the age of just 32 David's coverage of the Ukraine War was extremely valuable for anyone following Russia's invasion in detail He will be missed

Russia is closely watching the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah My latest article examines what Russia stands to lose if the Gaza War spills over to Lebanon mei.edu/publications/r…

India is trying to step up its prospective diplomatic role in Ukraine Modi's visit to Kyiv has been followed by Jaishankar's talks with Lavrov in Riyadh The Riyadh meeting coincided with Putin feigning openness to negotiations

MBS and Sergey Lavrov met in Riyadh The specific implications for Russia-Saudi Arabia cooperation have yet to be released MBS's attendance at the BRICS summit in Kazan, which Russia has pursued, will likely be on the agenda

Interesting counter-argument to the view that Iran has sent missiles to Russia. There have been false alarms before, especially in late 2022 after Shahed drones reached Ukraine, so we should wait and see

I appeared on Al Jazeera English this afternoon I discussed Blinken's trip to London and US-UK foreign policy coordination on Ukraine, Gaza and Iran