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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50 h. ago Russia can’t escape paying the bill for war in Ukraine, EU’s Kallas says

Russia cannot escape paying the bill for its war in Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said at the establishment of an International Claims Commission for Ukraine in The Hague on Monday. The commission, which will validate war damages in Ukraine to be paid by Russia, sends a message to future aggressors, Kallas said, […]

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9 d. ago Ukraine to share revised peace plan with U.S. on Tuesday, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine will share a revised peace plan with the U.S. on Tuesday aimed at ending Russia’s war, after talks in London between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France, Germany and Britain. As the war nears its four-year mark, Kyiv, under pressure from the White House to agree quickly to a peace settlement, wants […]

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1 week ago Turkish FM Warns Russia–Ukraine War Is Expanding, Criticizes EU Over Cyprus Veto

Turkish FM Warns Russia–Ukraine War Is Expanding, Criticizes EU Over Cyprus Veto  Yetkin Report

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2 w. ago EU proposes using frozen Russian assets or borrowing to give Ukraine €90bn

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday an unprecedented use of frozen Russian assets or international borrowing to raise 90 billion euros ($105 billion) for Ukraine to cover its struggling military and basic services against Russia’s war. The European Union’s executive body has declared it favours a “reparations loan” using Russian state assets immobilised in the […]

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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 US, Ukraine work on ‘refined’ peace plan to end war with Russia

The United States and Ukraine sought on Monday to narrow the gaps in a peace plan to end the war with Russia after agreeing to modify a U.S. proposal that Kyiv and its European allies saw as a Kremlin wish list. Washington and Kyiv said in a joint statement they had drafted a “refined peace […]

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3 w. ago Trump presses Ukraine for deal as Zelenskiy weighs revised peace plan

The United States and Ukraine were set to continue work on Monday on a plan to end the war with Russia after agreeing to modify an earlier proposal that was widely seen as too favorable to Moscow. The two sides said in a joint statement they had drafted a “refined peace framework” after talks in […]

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3 w. ago US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal

The United States has threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, two people familiar with the matter said. Washington has presented Ukraine with a 28-point plan, which endorses some of Russia’s principal demands in the war, including that Kyiv […]

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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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4 w. ago Zelenskiy says Ukraine will try to restart diplomatic process to end war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine will try to “reactivate” the diplomatic process to end his country’s war with Russia. “It’s important, as this is going on, to feel constant support behind one’s back,” Zelenskiy said at a press conference in Madrid alongside Spain’s Prime Minister. Later on, he said he planned […]

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