22 h. ago Putin says Russia will take more land in Ukraine if Europe sinks peace moves

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia would take more land in Ukraine by force if Kyiv and European politicians whom he cast as “young pigs” did not engage over U.S. proposals for a peace settlement. The United States has held talks with Russia, and separately with Kyiv and European leaders, on proposals for ending […]

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26 h. ago Putin says Western calls for preparation for war with Russia ‘a lie’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that there were some calls in the West to prepare for a major war with Russia and he described this as “hysteria” and “a lie”. He also said that if Ukraine and the West abandon peace talks, then Russia will take the lands it claims in Ukraine by […]

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2 w. ago Putin warns Europe: if you want war, then Russia will defeat you

President Vladimir Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal. Almost four years into the war in Ukraine, the […]

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3 w. ago Trump envoy Witkoff to discuss Ukraine peace moves in Moscow next week

President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow next week with other senior U.S. officials for talks with Russian leaders about a possible peace plan for Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Trump is leading efforts to secure an agreement to end a war that has raged for nearly four years since Russian […]

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3 w. ago Russian forces captured Ukraine’s Kupiansk, top military official tells Putin

The chief of Russia’s general staff Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russian forces had taken control of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. Putin had visited the command post of the Russian forces “West” grouping where he had met with Gerasimov, and top military brass, the Kremlin said earlier. Putin had been […]

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4 w. ago Europeans push back at US plan that would force concessions from Ukraine

European countries pushed back on Thursday against a U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine that sources said would require Kyiv to give up more land and partially disarm, conditions long seen by Ukraine’s allies as tantamount to capitulation. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday that Washington had signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy […]

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4 w. ago Ukraine prepared to give up land, some arms under US peace plan

The U.S. has signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war with Russia that proposes Kyiv giving up territory and some weapons, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The sources, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, said […]

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