5 h. ago Moment Russian special forces attempt to ambush Ukrainians by creeping through gas pipeline

Russian special forces crept miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject Ukrainian soldiers from Kursk.

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27 h. ago Donald Trump's warning to Vladimir Putin to stop 'pounding Ukraine' is ignored as Russia kills 20 and injures dozens more in sickening missile strikes

A single town in the war-torn Donetsk region was bombarded 11 times, days after the US suspended military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the country into accepting a peace deal.

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37 h. ago Trump is considering pulling 35,000 troops out of Germany as he turns screw on Ukraine to sign peace deal by denying them satellite images

US President Donald Trump is considering withdrawing 35,000 troops from Germany, it has been revealed, as Russia launched a deadly attack in the Donetsk region on Friday night.

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43 h. ago Martin Lewis highlights potential UK energy price drop amid Ukraine peace talks

As peace talks ramp up in Ukraine, Martin Lewis has issued a warning to households about their energy prices, and how the conflict between Ukraine and Russia could impact us here in the UK

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44 h. ago Martin Lewis' energy price prediction for UK if Donald Trump secures Ukraine peace deal

Money expert Martin Lewis has advised Brits on what to do if they're considering switching energy suppliers in the coming months, with peace talks ongoing in Ukraine potentially impacting prices

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51 h. ago Rory McIlroy’s merger stance is bad news for Brooks Koepka with LIV star ‘wanting’ PGA Tour return

Fred Couples claimed Brooks Koepka is wanting to return to the PGA Tour, after Rory McIlroy claimed the American circuit do not 'need' to make a peace deal with their LIV Golf rivals

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51 h. ago Donald Trump reveals fresh plan to get Russia and Ukraine peace deal back on track

Donald Trump vowed to end the war between Russia and Ukraine in a single day while he campaigned to return to the White House but so far his efforts have fallen short

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3 d. ago Trump gives cryptic answer when asked about Ukraine Russia peace deal

Donald Trump appeared to give somewhat of a cryptic answer when he was pressed on the possibility of a Russia and Ukraine peace deal.

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3 d. ago Zelenskyy hoping for ‘meaningful meeting’ with US next week as he welcomes Europe’s plan to rearm – live

Ukraine’s president also appeared to back Emmanuel Macron’s proposed limited truce in air and sea as a first step towards a peace deal with RussiaNorwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been speaking in the country’s parliament in the last few minutes, announcing plans to “significantly” increase spending to help Ukraine defend itself.He warned that the country was facing “the most serious security situation since the second world war.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Starmer's 'coalition of the willing' to enforce any Ukraine peace deal now has around 20 members as No10 refuses to rule out 'Sky Shield' plan to stop Russian missiles

Keir Starmer insisted intensive work is continuing on ways to enforce any peace deal struck with Vladimir Putin .

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3 d. ago Putin's 'iron doll' who once threatened to NUKE Downing Street delights in Trump 'not setting any conditions for Russia' and forcing Kyiv to compromise in Ukraine peace deal

A top Russian state television presenter known as Vladimir Putin's 'Iron Doll' is revelling in Donald Trump's decision not to set any conditions on Russia for peace in Ukraine. 

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4 d. ago US suspends intelligence sharing with Ukraine in major new blow to Kyiv’s war against Russia

Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky must show he is ‘serious’ about participating in peace talks

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4 d. ago Minister ‘pushing for peace’ in Middle East attended jazz club event, MPs hear

MP Ellie Chowns was told Middle East minister Hamish Falconer did not reply to her urgent question as he was ‘in the region pushing for a peace deal’.

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4 d. ago Tories push for answers after Labour minister claimed to be in the Middle East 'pushing for a Gaza peace deal'... was photographed on stage at London's iconic Ronnie Scott's jazz club

Hamish Falconer, the Middle East minister, was photographed attended a swanky lunch event at Ronnie Scott's in Soho yesterday.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump Ukraine war live: President boasts of Zelensky letter in peace deal update

Donald Trump held up a letter from Volodymyr Zelensky and claimed he had received 'strong signals' from Russia that Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal - while Britain's efforts to secure peace continue

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4 d. ago Britain dashes hope of quick Donald Trump peace deal for Ukraine warning 'there's a long way to go yet'

Trump reveals Zelensky sent him a letter in which Ukraine’s leader expressed a willing to sign a minerals deal ‘at any time’

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4 d. ago Trump says Putin has sent signals he's 'ready' for peace and reveals what Zelensky wrote in private letter after Oval Office showdown

President Donald Trump said that Vladimir Putin has sent signals he's ready for a peace deal in the Ukraine and he revealed what Volodymyr  Zelensky wrote to him after their Oval Office showdown.

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4 d. ago Trump administration briefing: trade turmoil, Zelenskyy peace offer and British fury at Vance

As the world awaits Donald Trump’s first key speech to Congress in second term, here are the key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glanceIn Donald Trump’s first address to Congress since returning to the White House – and his first major speech in a chilling six weeks in office – the president claimed a mandate justifying his sweeping executive orders, despite having won the popular vote by 1.5 points – the smallest margin for any successful presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in 1968.Trump’s second term has already seen him initiate sweeping mass layoffs of federal employees, and mobilize officers from nearly every federal law enforcement agency and the US military to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations. He has rattled Europe and other American allies with his pursuit of a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine on terms preferential to Moscow. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Deadly Odesa drone attack cuts power, water and heating for second day

Woman aged 77 died of shrapnel wounds; Zelenskyy offers minerals deal signature and peace plan. What we know on day 1,106A Russian drone attack late on Tuesday killed one person and caused power, water and heating cuts in Odesa for the second day running, said the regional governor, Oleh Kiper. A 77-year-old woman died of shrapnel wounds on the outskirts of the city, he said, and drone strikes damaged critical infrastructure, leaving neighbourhoods without services.Kiper said fragments from downed drones had damaged private houses and started fires in outlying city districts. A missile strike had destroyed an empty sanatorium near the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, south of Odesa, he added.East of the capital, Kyiv, drones targeted a multi-storey apartment building near the town of Boryspil, smashing windows and triggering a fire in a business. Local officials reported no casualties.Zelenskyy has proposed a peace plan to end the war, saying he is willing to work “constructively” und...

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4 d. ago ALEXANDER TEMERKO: As a Ukrainian, it is with a heavy heart that I say Zelensky's leadership has now become a liability...

Forgive me if I do not share in the general air of jubilation. Yes, Volodymyr Zelensky has belatedly accepted President Trump's blueprint for a peace deal.

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