2 w. ago Europe may buy more US arms for Ukraine as Trump grows impatient over peace talks

Sending American weapons to Ukraine would help it deter Russia’s advance and might put pressure on Putin to get serious about a ceasefire.

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2 w. ago Russia casts doubt over Vatican as potential venue for Ukraine peace talks

Pope Leo had said the Vatican could act as a mediator in global conflicts, but Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ‘many people are fantasising’ about meeting location.

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3 w. ago Russia, Ukraine meet in Turkey in first direct peace talks in 3 years, but little progress expected

The officials present, including Ukraine’s defence minister, faced each other around a U-shaped table, but the two sides are far apart in their conditions for ending the war.

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3 w. ago Peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelensky in Turkey

Trump, on a tour of the Gulf, has said there would be no movement on peace talks in the absence of a meeting between himself and Putin.

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3 w. ago Ukraine peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelensky in Turkey

‘We can’t be running around the world looking for Putin,’ Zelensky said after meeting Turkish President Erdogan in Ankara.

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3 w. ago Exclusive: Ukraine eyes new sanctions on China, but Kyiv wary of peace talks fallout

Exclusive: Ukraine eyes new sanctions on China, but Kyiv wary of peace talks fallout  The Kyiv Independent

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3 w. ago Xi meets Lula: China, Brazil call for ‘more just’ world order amid Trump tariff turmoil

Xi Jinping hails ‘cordial’ talks with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as both sides call for direct talks to end Ukraine war.

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3 w. ago Ukraine war: Zelensky challenges Russia’s Putin to talks in Istanbul amid Trump’s peace push

Zelensky’s insistence on Putin’s presence at Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul tests Russia’s commitment to ending the conflict.

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4 w. ago China’s absence from talks on Ukraine shows ‘real limits’ of its leverage, analyst says

Chinese officials said to have been ‘anxious’ about US-Russia negotiations, but observers don’t see Washington drawing Moscow from Beijing.

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4 w. ago Russia’s Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine ‘without preconditions’

The leader called for a meeting in Istanbul on May 15 aimed at eliminating ‘the root causes of the conflict’ and achieving a ‘lasting peace’.

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4 w. ago Ukraine welcomes peace talks, but there must be a ceasefire first, Zelensky says

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan also told Putin in a call that a comprehensive ceasefire would create the necessary environment for peace talks.

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