5 d. ago Full speed ahead with Ukraine war supplies as Australia receives Trump’s AUKUS report card

The retirement of the army’s fleet of Tiger attack helicopters could be fast-tracked.

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8 d. ago Ukraine pushes for ‘a just peace’ as Zelensky moves to shore up support

A new team of Ukrainian negotiators meets senior Trump aides, as Ukraine’s leader tries to draw a line under the corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.

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8 d. ago ‘Safe forever’: Rubio says Ukraine talks about more than ending the fighting

A new team of Ukrainian negotiators meets senior Trump aides, as Ukraine’s leader tries to draw a line under the corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.

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8 d. ago Ukraine pushes for ‘a just peace’ as Zelensky moves to shore

A new team of Ukrainian negotiators meets senior Trump aides, as Ukraine’s leader tries to draw a line under the corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.

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1 week ago ‘Drone guy’: The rising star who has become Trump’s man on Ukraine

When Volodymyr Zelensky was presented with the US plan to end the Ukraine war last week, it was not Pete Hegseth who handed it over - it was a little-known 38-year-old former soldier.

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1 week ago Trump dispatches envoy to meet Putin, claims Ukraine peace deal ‘very close’

The US president said were “only a few” areas of disagreement as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hailed a “good result”, though Moscow has already baulked at changes to the original proposal.

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1 week ago ‘Good result’: Zelensky follows Trump in hailing positive steps to end Ukraine war

The US president claimed an agreement was “very close”, though Russia pushed back at proposed changes to his original plan.

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2 w. ago The West has started a pain contest with Putin – and he’s tough as nails

As Ukrainian and European officials sprang into a frenzy over Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan, the Russian president just sat back and watched.

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2 w. ago ‘Tough as nails’: What Putin really wants out of peace talk chaos

As Ukrainian and European officials sprang into a frenzy over Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan, the Russian president just sat back and watched.

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2 w. ago A weaker Trump should mean a bolder resistance – including on Ukraine

It’s no surprise that the initial 28-point peace plan is undergoing major surgery. The real surprise – and mystery – is how it was ever put forward.

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2 w. ago Rewrite begins on US peace plan for Ukraine amid Republican revolt

The White House said Ukraine’s concerns were satisfied during a high-stakes meeting in Geneva, with work to continue over coming days on the “emerging settlement framework”.

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2 w. ago Trump fails the history test on Ukraine. Time for a second draft

Trump’s proposals deliver so many gains to Putin that they become a reward for war. Issuing the draft plan with a short deadline was a shameful act.

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2 w. ago Rubio in damage control amid Republican revolt over Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The confusion comes as European leaders push for a rival 24-point peace plan that seeks to maintain pressure on Russia by holding sanctions in place and allowing foreign defence forces to be stationed on Ukrainian soil.

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2 w. ago Western leaders say Trump’s plan ‘leaves Ukraine vulnerable’ and needs work

Meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit, European and other Western leaders scrambled to come up with a coordinated response to US President Donald Trump’s demand for Ukraine to accept his 28-point peace plan with Russia by Thursday.

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2 w. ago Trump’s peace deal for Ukraine is easy to condemn. It is harder to reject

Donald Trump’s proposed peace deal forces Ukraine to weigh a lopsided settlement against the horrific cost of a war with no end in sight.

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2 w. ago ‘Absolutely senseless’: Trump peace plan triggers backlash in Ukraine

The US president’s proposal has been sent to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of expected talks to discuss the plan that would halve the nation’s army and cede territory to Russia.

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3 w. ago His star’s on the rise but he’s already looking out for the next generation of musicians

This year Sam Fender has collaborated with Elton John and won a major award – now the musician has landed in Melbourne.

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