8 h. ago David Lammy warns Vladimir Putin conditions on Ukraine ceasefire would be 'wrong'

Speaking from a meeting of G7 Foreign Ministers in Canada, Mr Lammy told the Mirror the ceasefire was an "opportunity for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine"

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10 h. ago Trump calls on Russia to do ‘right thing’ after Putin agrees on need for ceasefire but has 'serious questions' on US proposals

Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky rejects Putin’s statement claiming Russian leader preparing a rejection of the ceasefire proposal

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12 h. ago UK ploughs £1.3bn into army recruitment to bolster depleted armed forces

Exclusive: It’s hoped the spending boost will fill a gaping hole in staffing levels as UK readies itself to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

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12 h. ago Putin agrees fighting must end in Ukraine but has ‘serious questions’ about ceasefire plan

The Russian president boasted that his forces are ‘on the offensive in all areas’

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13 h. ago UK warns Russian economy will be ‘crippled’ without a peace deal with Ukraine

Downing Street backed Donald Trump’s warnings of ‘very bad’ financial consequences for Moscow if Vladimir Putin fails to co-operate with peace talks.

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13 h. ago Putin says Russia 'agrees' to proposals for ceasefire in Ukraine if ‘long

The Russian president boasted that his forces are ‘on the offensive in all areas’

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14 h. ago Europe has 'no choice' but to prepare for war with Russia in the next decade, warns expert

Fears are growing in Europe that an emboldened Putin would use a peace deal as an opportunity to reinforce his military to attack Ukraine once against before turning his attention to the Baltic States

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15 h. ago What do Ukrainians think of a ceasefire with Russia? Here’s what the polls say

What are the Ukrainian people willing to accept for peace

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17 h. ago Putin’s ‘appetite for conflict’ will grow without Ukraine peace deal – Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer’s comments came as diplomatic efforts continued to find an end to the war triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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18 h. ago Russia's three key demands for any peace deal with Ukraine revealed

Russia has signalled its three key demands for a deal to end its war and reset relations with Washington following positive negotiations between Ukraine and the US

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20 h. ago We can’t know if Vladimir Putin will accept a ceasefire in Ukraine. But this is what he’ll be thinking | Orysia Lutsevych

Key factors will drive the Kremlin’s decision. Can Russia fight on and for what? Or is there more benefit in allying with Donald Trump?At this stage of the crisis, it is important to be clear-sighted. The US-Ukraine meeting in Jeddah was a damage-control operation. Both parties reset relations that had been damaged, largely by Washington’s impatience. The US reversed its previous decisions in exchange for something Ukraine was ready to provide anyway: privileged access to Ukraine’s natural resource wealth and a willingness to start a peace process.It is encouraging to see renewed US-Ukraine dialogue to end the war. As Churchill said, the only thing worse than fighting with allies is fighting without them. The public mugging in the Oval Office, calling Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator and the pause in military and intelligence support were hard to fathom. Ukrainians wondered why President Trump was putting the blame and the pressure on the victim, and protecting the aggressor. Trump’s ...

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22 h. ago Vladimir Putin issues chilling order to army as Ukraine peace deal hopes dealt another blow

Putin issued the chilling order during a rare appearance wearing military fatigues this week, telling troops they should permanently oust Ukrainians from their own territory

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28 h. ago Putin's 'secret plan for Ukraine' revealed: What the Russian president REALLY thinks of Trump's peace plan uncovered in classified document

The US is currently acting as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia , with Donald Trump revealing American envoys flying to Moscow 'right now' to present a ceasefire plan to the Kremlin.

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34 h. ago Europe ‘accelerating’ work on peacekeeping coalition for Ukraine, says Healey

Defence Secretary John Healey has met his counterparts from France, Germany, Italy and Poland.

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34 h. ago Taoiseach praises Trump’s efforts for peace in Ukraine and Gaza

Ireland shares President Donald Trump’s ‘unrelenting focus on peace’, Irish premier Micheal Martin has said.

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36 h. ago How many times has Vladimir Putin broken ceasefire agreements with Ukraine?

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says Vladimir Putin has broken 25 peace agreements in the past decade

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37 h. ago UK Defence Secretary John Healey to give major press conference after huge breakthrough

Defence Secretary John Healey will give a press conference at 5:30pm with his European counterparts in Paris today as they continue to push for a peacekeeping plan for Ukraine

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39 h. ago US will ‘have contact today’ with Russia after Ukraine peace talks

Marco Rubio said a Russian rejection of the plan would ‘make their intentions clear’.

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44 h. ago How the UK brought Ukraine back from the brink: PM's envoy who led Troubles peace talks made desperate diplomatic push following Zelensky's White House bust

UK diplomats were 'intimately involved' in setting up the proposed 30-day ceasefire announced after a day of talks in Saudi Arabia yesterday.

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45 h. ago US aid deliveries to Ukraine back to previous levels, Polish foreign minister confirms, as Kyiv agrees to 30

US aid deliveries arriving through Polish logistics hub back to previous levels after US-Ukraine talks towards peaceUkraine agrees to 30-day ceasefireFrench European Affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said the European Union could go further in its response to US tariffs, though a trade war was in no-one’s interest, Reuters reported.“We have the means to go further, if we want,” Haddad told TF1 TV. Continue reading...

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