4 d. ago Putin agrees with Trump to work with Ukraine on memorandum on possible peace accord

Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a call with US President Donald Trump on Monday, said that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about a future peace accord and that efforts to end the war in Ukraine were on the right track. Putin thanked Trump for supporting the resumption of direct talks between Moscow […]

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4 d. ago Trump says Russia, Ukraine agree to immediate ceasefire talks, Kremlin offers no timeframe

Donald Trump said after his call on Monday with President Vladimir Putin that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire, but the Kremlin said the process would take time and the U.S. president indicated he was not ready to join Europe with fresh sanctions to pressure Moscow. In a social media post, […]

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4 d. ago Trump to speak to Putin amid ‘impasse’ on ending war in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump was due to speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday about peace in Ukraine after Washington said there was an impasse over ending Eu-rope’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. President Putin sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the gravest confrontation between Russia and the West since […]

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4 d. ago Trump speaks to Putin amid ‘impasse’ on ending war in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump spoke to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday about peace in Ukraine after Washington said there was an impasse over ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two and that the United States may have to walk away. President Putin sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the gravest confrontation between […]

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9 d. ago Putin, Trump to skip Ukraine’s peace talks that Russian leader proposed

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated they would not attend what could be the first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in three years on Thursday, with the Kremlin sending instead a group of experienced technocrats. Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday “without any preconditions”. […]

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2 w. ago Former US president Biden accuses Trump of appeasement of Russia

Former U.S. President Joe Biden said his successor Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is a form of “modern-day appeasement” that will never satisfy Moscow. Speaking to the BBC in what the broadcaster said was his first interview since leaving the White House, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin believes […]

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2 w. ago Ukraine war, US uncertainty drive tech workers to Europe’s defence sector

Some European tech workers who might once have headed to the United States are looking at defence startups closer to home. Others are rushing back to Europe from jobs abroad. A sense of patriotism stirred by the war in Ukraine and US President Donald Trump’s upending of security alliances is a motivation for many, as […]

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3 w. ago Russia’s Medvedev says Ukraine minerals deal means Trump has forced Kyiv to pay for US aid

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that the signing of a minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States meant U.S. President Donald Trump had forced Kyiv to pay for future U.S. military aid. The deal, signed in Washington on Wednesday, will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals […]

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3 w. ago Trump and Ukraine’s Zelenskiy have ‘very productive’ meeting in Rome, says US official

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy had a “very productive” meeting on Saturday in Rome, a White House official said, as both leaders attended the funeral of Pope Francis. A spokesman for Zelenskiy’s office said the two leaders, in an encounter in St. Peter’s Basilica that lasted about 15 minutes, had agreed […]

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4 w. ago Trump says Ukraine deal close after envoy Witkoff meets Putin

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for three hours in Moscow on Friday to discuss the US plan to end the war in Ukraine, and Trump said the two sides were “very close to a deal,” despite apparent differences in their positions. Trump said in a social media post […]

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4 w. ago Trump tells Putin to ‘STOP’ after Russian attack kills 12 in Kyiv

Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least 12 people in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year and drawing a rare rebuke from Donald Trump, who told Vladimir Putin: “Vladimir, STOP!” The attack, which the U.S. president said was “not necessary” and “very bad timing” as he pushes for […]

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last month US proposes Ukraine surrender land to Russia, drawing fire from Kyiv

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed again on efforts to end the three-year-old war in Ukraine, with the US leader chiding Zelenskiy for refusing to recognize Russia’s occupation of Crimea. Trump’s Vice President JD Vance said it was time for Russia and Ukraine to either agree to a US peace proposal […]

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