Anonymous24 days ago
President Trump and Russian President Putin held their first phone call of 2026 on March 9, discussing both the grinding Ukraine conflict and the escalating U.S.-Israeli war against Iran now in its second week. The conversation, described as "frank and constructive" by the Kremlin, comes at a moment of extraordinary geopolitical volatility: oil prices have spiked past $110 per barrel, European allies are scrambling to rearm, and peace negotiations on two fronts remain stalled despite months of diplomatic effort.