4 d. ago Republican supporters of Ukraine put pressure on Trump after missile strikes

Lawmakers use Kremlin’s deadly attacks as latest evidence to convince president he must increase pressure on PutinRepublican supporters of Ukraine are using the Kremlin’s deadly missile strikes as their latest evidence to convince Donald Trump that he must increase pressure on Vladimir Putin if he wants to reach a ceasefire deal.Pro-Ukraine lawmakers and aides in the Republican party have carefully navigated Trump’s apparent affinity for Putin and avoided direct intervention in their efforts to shift his support toward Kyiv. But following the Russian strikes during Palm Sunday celebrations in the city of Sumy, advisers and allies have been highly vocal in condemning the attack using language meant to resonate with the US president’s conservative, religious base. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago China and India to face brunt of Trump tariff threat against Russian oil buyers

‘Very angry’ Trump says he will punish all buyers of Russian oil if he believes Putin is scuppering a ceasefire deal on Ukraine

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2 w. ago Trump says he’s ‘p*****’ off with Putin over lack of ceasefire deal and threatens more tariffs on Russian oil

Trump has shifted the blame for the protracted nature of the ceasefire negotiations on Putin

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2 w. ago Russian negotiator issues grim new prediction of when Ukraine ceasefire could happen

A Russian negotiator involved in peace talks said a ceasefire deal with Ukraine could be further away than a number of Trump administration officials in the US had hoped

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3 w. ago Farage claims Trump’s Ukraine approach is ‘turning Putin into a winner’

Nigel Farage has distanced himself from the Trump administration’s approach to a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal, claiming it is ‘turning Putin into a winner’.

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3 w. ago EPA offers industrial polluters a way to avoid rules on mercury, arsenic and other toxic chemicals

As part of a push to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters a chance to receive exemptions from rules requiring them to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals, including mercury, arsenic and benzene

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3 w. ago What is the Black Sea ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine – and will Putin honour it?

Truce has been announced by the White House, but the Kremlin has so far shown no signs of implementing it

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3 w. ago Russia launches overnight strikes on Ukrainian port and Zelensky's hometown despite maritime ceasefire deal

The attacks came just hours after the United States reached separate deals with Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting in the Black Sea

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3 w. ago Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to observe ceasefire against energy targets following US

Ukraine's president says his country will proceed with a ceasefire prohibiting attacks on energy infrastructure following a deal brokered by the U.S. during negotiations in Saudi Arabia

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3 w. ago Putin launches massive drone strike on Ukrainian port after setting 'conditions' for Black Sea ceasefire

The assault came less than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine settled on a U.S.-mediated partial ceasefire, agreeing separately not to attack vessels in the Black Sea

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3 w. ago Ukraine ceasefire deal looks like a Russian wishlist tied with a US bow

A moratorium on attacks on ships in the Black Sea seems to be contingent on sanctions relief – a key Kremlin demandThe Kremlin is pressing its advantage with a White House that is impatient to show that Donald Trump is the only leader who can deliver peace in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.At first blush, the deal agreed by US negotiators in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday offers concession on concession to the Kremlin, leaving observers to question whether Russia had given anything to secure its first offer of sanctions relief since the beginning of the war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukraine and Russia agree Black Sea ceasefire deal after talks in Saudi Arabia

Talks have been taking place this week

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3 w. ago Russia and Ukraine agree to Black Sea ceasefire deal after US talks in Saudi

US officials have been keen to broker a long-lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine, although Western leaders have questioned whether too few demands are being made of the Kremlin

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3 w. ago Fresh WW3 fears as UK could be at war with 'bloodthirsty' Russia in just two years

Any ceasefire deal is likely to involve British troops being deployed to Ukraine to maintain peace and this week, the Government announced that the UK will “accelerate the pace and scale” of its military planning

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4 w. ago Russian tanks roll across the border, a barrage of missiles are fired on Britain

Ceasefire: even the word is ominous. The deal being brokered by America to bring a halt to the battlefield slaughter in Ukraine is not a peace treaty.

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4 w. ago Moscow accused of bombing own gas infrastructure to undermine ceasefire deal

Key gas pumping station in border region rocked by major explosion

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4 w. ago Mapped: Which Ukrainian nuclear power plants could Trump take as part of the ceasefire deal?

The estimated damages caused by Russia’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure after three years of war are more than £11 billion

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4 w. ago Mapped: Which Ukrainian nuclear power plants could Trump take as part of ceasefire deal?

The estimated damages caused by Russia’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure after three years of war are more than £11 billion

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4 w. ago Trump suggests taking over Ukraine's nuclear power plants to end the war in call with Zelensky

Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky discussed U.S. 'ownership of Ukrainian nuclear power plants during their phone call Thursday, the White House said.

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4 w. ago Donald Trump suggests US could take over Ukrainian nuclear plants in 'very good' call with Volodymyr Zelensky

Trump claimed ‘we are very much on track’ for a peace breakthrough in Ukraine after Wednesday’s talks

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