Following are some of the key quotes from Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual phone-in and press conference.

With Russia’s diminished influence in Syria, Ukraine calls on Israel to reconsider its stance and provide essential defensive ...

Syria's main ports are working normally after days of disruptions, maritime officials said on Monday, and Ukraine said it was ...

In abandoning Syria’s Bashar-al Assad, Vladimir Putin showed where his interests really lie, Alexandra Vacroux writes in a ...

"We are ready to help Syria prevent a food crisis ... I have instructed the government to organize food deliveries in ...

Ukrainian intelligence sent about 20 experienced drone operators and about 150 first-person-view drones to the rebel ...

Ukraine supplied Syrian rebels with about 150 drones and 20 operators last month, before the toppling of Assad, sources told ...

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Military and political analysts said winning the war in Ukraine has become an all-encompassing goal for Mr. Putin. That outcome, they said, would justify to the Russian leader the conflict’s ...

With the fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Vladimir V. Putin has suffered one of the biggest geopolitical setbacks ...

With the collapse of the Assad regime and Russia’s declining influence in Syria, some are saying that an opportunity for a rapprochement between Israel and Ukraine now exists, where it hadn't ...

The Russian leader sought to project strength and ease at his annual news conference and call-in show Thursday.