Russia delivered one of the earliest reactions to the joint United States and Israeli strikes on Iran, with former president Dmitry Medvedev accusing Washington of abandoning diplomacy and exposing its real intentions.

As U.S. and Ukrainian officials meet to talk peace, Russia launches drones and missiles and makes it clear there's no rush in Moscow for a ceasefire.

MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia questioned on Thursday how U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace would work with the United Nations Security Council, which has served as the fulcrum of collective international peacemaking since the end of World War Two.

The Trump administration has been sending asylum seekers from Ukraine and Russia back to a warzone. One family in Minnesota says they fear for their lives.

The State Department has expressed its displeasure over Ukraine's recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan.

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday blasted President Donald Trump for failing to ramp up sanctions to pressure Russia to end its four-year war in Ukraine,