3 d. ago U.S. envoy Witkoff will meet Putin in Moscow while Zelenskyy tours Europe as peace efforts press ahead

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, taking to the Kremlin an embryonic peace plan that Washington hopes can bring about an end to the nearly four-year war in Ukraine. Coinciding with Witkoff’s trip, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Ireland, continuing his visits […]

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4 d. ago No Western country seriously wants Ukraine to win: Full Comment podcast

The Trump administration has been lambasted for its proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war given its generosity to Moscow — yet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he’s willing to build from it. As Matthew Bondy discusses with Brian Lilley, Kyiv has few options but to encourage America to step in and end […]

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4 d. ago Land and security are the main sticking points as Russia and Ukraine mull Trump’s peace proposal

Diplomats face an uphill battle to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian “red lines” as a renewed U.S.-led push to end the war gathers steam, with Ukrainian officials attending talks in the U.S. over the weekend and Washington officials expected in Moscow early this week. U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan became public last month, sparking alarm […]

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5 d. ago 'It's disappointing, honestly': Ukrainian refugees in Calgary disagree with peace plan proposed by U.S. government

'We totally disagree with this, and we hope that the international community can help Ukraine and stand with Ukraine in this situation, in these peace negotiations, and can help Ukraine to get just peace for this country,' said Anna Tselukhina, rally committee chair and member of the executive for the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Calgary Branch

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5 d. ago 'It's disappointing, honestly': Ukrainian refugees in Calgary disagree with Trump's proposed peace plan

'We totally disagree with this, and we hope that the international community can help Ukraine and stand with Ukraine in this situation, in these peace negotiations, and can help Ukraine to get just peace for this country,' said Anna Tselukhina, rally committee chair and member of the executive for the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Calgary Branch

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5 d. ago U.S., Ukraine officials meet for latest talks on Trump’s peace plan

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials held talks with a Ukrainian delegation to further hash out the details of a proposed peace framework.

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8 d. ago Putin says Russia will fight on if Ukraine talks don’t lead to agreements

Putin mixed a readiness to engage with the U.S. over a possible peace plan with several warnings that Russia was prepared to fight on if necessary and take more of Ukraine.

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8 d. ago Un plan pour l’Ukraine inspiré par Moscou? Les propos d’un émissaire de Trump étaient les soupçons.

Une conversation entre Steve Witkoff et un conseiller de Poutine dévoilée par Bloomberg sème la controverse.

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8 d. ago Un plan pour l’Ukraine inspiré par Moscou? Les propos d’un émissaire de Trump étayent les soupçons.

Une conversation entre Steve Witkoff et un conseiller de Poutine dévoilée par Bloomberg sème la controverse.

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1 week ago Russian attacks kill at least 7 in Ukraine as talks on peace plan continue

Strikes knocked out water, electricity and heat in parts of the capital Kyiv.

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1 week ago The European Union proposes deepening defense industry ties with Ukraine

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s defense chief on Tuesday proposed deeper integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc. EU lawmakers are due to hold a vote on a 1.5-billion euro ($1.7 billion) program, with 300 million […]

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1 week ago John Ivison: Why Canada can’t back Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine

The prime minister and his European and Japanese counterparts agreed the plan was unacceptable, but there were tensions about how to respond

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1 week ago David Oliver: Ukraine ‘peace’ plan will only delay the inevitable reckoning

Russia’s maximalist aims for the total subjugation of Ukraine have not changed

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1 week ago Finland’s Stubb and Italy’s Meloni Spoke to Trump on Ukraine

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that together with Italian leader Giorgia Meloni he has spoken to US President Donald Trump about the US 28-point peace plan for Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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1 week ago Carney says U.S. peace plan for Ukraine needs ‘more work’; expert calls it a ‘disaster’

Ukraine peace talks take centre stage at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, with the United States, Russia and China notably absent from the summit.

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1 week ago Cornered Europeans Tell Trump His Ukraine Plan Needs More Work

European leaders and other allies told the US that its peace plan for Ukraine needed “additional work,” in a rushed bid to try and slow walk a Trump administration determined to give concessions to Russia and impose terms by Thanksgiving.

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1 week ago Trump Was Told By Europeans That His Ukraine Plan Needs Work

European leaders and other allies told the US that its peace plan for Ukraine needed “additional work,” in a rushed bid to try and slow walk a Trump administration determined to give concessions to Russia and impose terms by Thanksgiving.

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy warns Ukraine may lose U.S. as an ally as Trump pushes deal favouring Russia

The U.S. is pressuring Zelenskyy to agree to the deal with a threat to stop intelligence-sharing and weapons supplies to Ukraine unless he agrees to the peace plan, sources say

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2 w. ago Trump is pushing new peace plan for Ukraine. Here’s what it includes

Here is the verbatim text of Trump’s 28-point draft proposal to end Russia's war in Ukraine, which has been presented to Kyiv for consideration.

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2 w. ago Ukraine must choose dignity or U.S. support under peace proposal: Zelenskyy

The U.S. plan contains many of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s longstanding demands while offering limited security guarantees to Ukraine.

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