57 m. ago Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin faces ‘very severe consequences’ if no Ukraine truce agreed

Volodymyr Zelensky warns Russian leader ‘bluffing’ while Sir Keir Starmer insists there is a ‘viable’ chance of a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv

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2 h. ago Ella Baron on Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Europe – cartoon

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2 h. ago Zelensky warns Trump Putin is ‘bluffing’ ahead of crunch Ukraine peace talks

Volodymyr Zelensky said he told Donald Trump that Vladimir Putin was “bluffing” on being open to ceasefire negotiations, ahead of high stakes “one-on-one” talks between the US and Russia on Friday (15 August).

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4 h. ago ‘Viable chance’ of ceasefire in Ukraine thanks to Trump, says Starmer

In a call with allies, the Prime Minister suggested the prospect of a truce is in sight.

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4 h. ago Zelensky makes key demand to Trump and Putin ahead of crunch peace talks

Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that any peace deal discussed between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at their upcoming Alaska summit on Friday (15 August) must include Ukraine.

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6 h. ago Trump suffers another geography fail after calling Alaska ‘Russia’ as he rants ahead of Putin meeting: ‘Leningrad free’

Russian president Vladimir Putin was once mayor of the city Trump misidentified

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer and European leaders scramble to halt Donald Trump handing parts of Ukraine to Russia's Vladimir Putin at Alaska summit

The Prime Minister will join a call at lunchtime with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky , France 's Emmanuel Macron and Germany 's Friedrich Merz.

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11 h. ago Trump alone in a room with Putin is a recipe for disaster – just look to their last meeting

The two plan to meet behind closed doors Friday in Alaska to discuss ‘land swapping’. What will happen this time?The lessons of Helsinki are clear: putting Donald Trump alone in a room with Vladimir Putin is an unpredictable – and often dangerous – affair.It was 2018 when the two leaders met at the invitation of Sauli Niinistö, the Finnish president, to discuss a collapse in US-Russia relations, accusations of elections interference, and the grinding war in east Ukraine, among other topics. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Trump swallowing Putin’s lies is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs | Rafael Behr

In Alaska the Russian leader will claim to want peace, but only on his terms – and play on the president’s desperation to ‘make a deal’ quicklyWars do not have to be won. Total victories loom largest in the popular imagination because those are the stories nations always tell to sustain patriotic feeling. The fuller version of history is written in stalemates.That is worth remembering when Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Both leaders have incentives to pretend that Ukraine’s fate can be settled decisively without any Ukrainians at the negotiating table. That doesn’t make it so. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago You really can see Russia from Alaska, and other things to know ahead of Friday's Trump

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state’s long history with Russia — and with international tensions

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27 h. ago Russian forces break through Ukraine frontline days before Putin

Around 100,000 Russian troops are believed to have travelled at least 10km north of the Ukrainian frontline - days before upcoming peace talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

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27 h. ago Russia 'breakthrough' in Ukraine: Putin races to grab territory with lightning advance days before meeting with Trump that could end war for good

The gains came just days before US President Donald Trump was to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on the war.

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32 h. ago Hurry, hurry, hurry! It’s Trump’s great Ukraine giveaway. Bargains galore, if your name is Vladimir Putin | Marina Hyde

The Art of the Deal, the Art of War: I doubt the US president has read or understood either. If Zelenskyy is a worried man, who can blame him?Good to have it confirmed that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will be talking about Ukraine behind its back on Friday in Alaska, as the US president rambled through a press conference on Monday in which he explained that Putin “wasn’t going to mess with me” and that Ukraine was going to have to accept new borders. And listen – you’ll agree that territorial pronouncements mean so much more coming from a guy whose staff once shamelessly redrew a hurricane impact map to stop him looking stoopid. It’s a true honour for the Ukrainians to see their country effectively carved up by someone who would prefer to post-rationalise any old crap with a Sharpie than admit he doesn’t have the first clue about it and cares even less.Leave it to the tasteful visionary behind the Gaza Riviera to categorise what he’s doing as trying to get back some of Ukraine’s...

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32 h. ago Land swaps with Russia are not only unpopular in Ukraine. They're also illegal

A peace deal that requires Kyiv to accept swapping Ukrainian territory with Russia would not only be deeply unpopular

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35 h. ago Keir Starmer to speak with Donald Trump after US President warns Ukraine must do a 'land swap' with Russia's Vladimir Putin... but he'll try to recover 'oceanfront property'

The Prime Minister is set to join other European leaders for a videoconference with Mr Trump and US Vice-President JD Vance on Wednesday.

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35 h. ago Zelensky warns Trump not to trust Putin ahead of crunch Ukraine and Russia talks

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Donald Trump not to trust Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of their bilateral summit in Alaska this Friday (15 August).

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37 h. ago ‘I’m going to Russia’: Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin

Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 49th state on Friday

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37 h. ago EU leaders say Ukraine should have freedom to decide its future ahead of Trump

Statement on Ukrainian sovereignty endorsed by all European Union leaders except for Hungary’s Viktor OrbánRead all our coverage of the Ukraine warAll but one of the European heads of state and government have said that Ukrainians must have the freedom to decide their future, ahead of a high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.“Meaningful negotiations can only take place in the context of a ceasefire or reduction of hostilities,” the leaders said, adding that “we share the conviction that a diplomatic solution must protect Ukraine’s and Europe’s vital security interests.” Continue reading...

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38 h. ago ‘I’m going to Russia’: Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin amid DC crime

Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 49th state on Friday

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42 h. ago Donald Trump ridiculed after embarrassing slip up during Putin meeting announcement

Donald Trump appeared to forget where he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting for their face-to-face later this week, mistakenly declaring he was "going to Russia"

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