9 d. ago Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from striking deep inside Russia – report

Wall Street Journal says move is part of Trump administration’s effort to get Putin into peace talksUS defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks , according to a report on Saturday.The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from using US-made Army Tactical Missile Systems, or Atacms. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Putin not ready to meet Zelensky until agenda agreed, says Russia’s foreign minister Lavrov

Ukraine’s president says Moscow is doing ‘everything’ to stop a summit with Vladimir Putin

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1 week ago Putin got 'everything he wanted' during Ukraine peace talks warns EU diplomat

A top European diplomat has claimed Vladimir Putin got 'everything he wanted' as hopes faded last night of a peace deal. The Russian President appears not to have made any concessions despite talks.

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1 week ago Putin is not ready to meet Zelensky for talks, says Lavrov in blow to Trump

Russia’s foreign minister said an agenda for a potential summit between the two leaders was ‘not ready at all’

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1 week ago Putin's top diplomat warns of 'road to nowhere' in Ukraine security talks

Russia’s foreign minister has warned against talks about Ukraine’s security without Russia at the table

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1 week ago Russia says it must be part of international talks on Ukraine’s security

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses European diplomacy as ‘clumsy effort to sway Trump’Russia-Ukraine war – live updatesMoscow has said it must be part of any international talks on Ukraine’s security, as Russia continues to stall on Donald Trump’s push for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Wednesday that Moscow must be included in any talks on Ukraine’s security guarantees, dismissing European diplomacy as “aggressive escalation” and a “clumsy effort to sway Trump”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Vladimir Putin blitzes Ukraine as Trump and Zelensky talk at White House

The Russian president has not stopped with his bombardment of Ukraine despite the world's focus being on hopes of peace following two major summits in recent days

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2 w. ago ‘Appeasing bullies never works’: Readers split over Trump’s push for Putin

Our community is divided over Trump’s push for peace talks with Zelensky and Putin. While some feared he would concede too much, others warned that his approach would only embolden Putin

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2 w. ago Is this the hot mic moment that gives away what REALLY happened at White House summit? Fears Putin will pull out of Ukraine talks as Trump commits to US security guarantees 

The Kremlin branded a 40-minute phone call between President Trump and Putin on Monday as 'frank' and only 'fairly constructive'.

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2 w. ago Trump talks with European leaders end, White House says, amid push for ceasefire and trilateral meeting – live

Earlier reports said US president interrupted meeting to speak to Putin as European leaders call for truce and US-Russia-Ukraine talksTrump tells Zelenskyy ceasefire not needed for Russia-Ukraine peace dealSketch: All smoke and no fire as Zelenskky emerges unbruised after Trump meetA Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said.The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Zelensky says he’s ready to talk to Trump and Putin to end war in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump met for a second time in the White House before meeting senior European leaders including Keir Starmer

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2 w. ago Trump sees bump in approval rating after meeting with Russia’s Putin

President enjoys uptick in support after meeting Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on ending Ukraine war

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2 w. ago Why is Donbas region becoming a defining faultline in Ukraine talks?

Putin has reportedly demanded full control of industrial region but Kyiv is set against ceding any territoryRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAt last week’s Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin made full control of Donbas – Ukraine’s industrial heartland in the east – a central condition for ending the war.According to sources briefed on the talks, the Russian leader demanded that Ukrainian forces withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up Donbas, in exchange for a freeze along the rest of the frontline. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin 'agrees to Ukraine security guarantees' during Donald Trump talks

The move was confirmed by Donald Trump's right-hand man Steve Witkoff minutes after the President boasted of “big progress on Russia”

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin 'agrees to major Ukraine security guarantees' during Donald Trump talks

Russian President reportedly backs US-EU deal offering Ukraine “game-changing” security guarantees as Zelensky, Trump & EU leaders prep for crunch peace talks.

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2 w. ago Trump urges Zelensky to 'make a deal' to end Ukraine war after ceasefire pivot following talks with Putin in Alaska

US President says ‘we didn’t get there’ after nearly three hour meeting with his Russian counterpart in Anchorage

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2 w. ago Trump was in 'disbelief' over Putin's Moscow invite but key sign shows he 'will be going'

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on a Ukraine ceasefire, with a body language expert detailing what the two leaders said

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2 w. ago Zelensky to meet Trump after Putin peace talks end with no deal: Ukraine president will fly to Washington to discuss next steps to end Russia's invasion

Zelensky said he had been invited to the White House after a 'long and substantive' conversation with Trump which lasted for more than 90 minutes and later involved European leaders.

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2 w. ago Starmer speaks with Trump after president’s Ukraine ceasefire talks with Putin

Mr Trump did not manage to secure a deal to end the conflict after nearly three hours of talks with his Russian counterpart.

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2 w. ago Ukraine ceasefire talks: Starmer speaks with Trump after US president’s talks with Putin

Sir Keir is due to speak again with European leaders this morning.

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