23 h. ago Russia casts doubt over Vatican as possible venue for talks with Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov cast doubt on Friday over the Vatican as a potential location for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, saying that the Holy See itself would find it uncomfortable to host two mainly Orthodox Christian nations. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had confirmed his […]

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5 d. ago Istanbul peace talks laid bare chasm between Ukraine and Russia

The first high-level talks between Russia and Ukraine since the early months of Moscow’s 2022 invasion showed they are far from agreement on steps needed for a ceasefire, even though they promised a major swap of prisoners of war. A window for more diplomacy remains ajar, however, after the sworn enemies agreed in principle to […]

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6 d. ago Russia launches war’s largest drone attack after peace talks, Ukraine says

The largest known Russian drone attack since full-scale war began in 2022 killed a woman in the Kyiv region and injured at least three people, Ukrainian authorities said early on Sunday, as Moscow stepped up strikes following peace talks on Friday. Russia launched 273 drones by 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), targeting chiefly the […]

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6 d. ago Russia demanded Kyiv pull back troops before ceasefire, Ukrainian source says

Russian negotiators at peace talks in Istanbul demanded Ukraine pull its troops out of all the Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow before they would agree to a ceasefire, a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the talks told Reuters. The Kremlin declined to comment on the terms that Russia had put forward at Friday’s meeting in […]

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8 d. ago Russia and Ukraine to hold first direct peace talks in over 3 years

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators will meet in Istanbul on Friday for their first peace talks in more than three years as both sides come under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. The encounter at the Dolmabahce Palace on the Bosphorus is a sign of diplomatic progress […]

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8 d. ago Russians and Ukrainians meet in Turkey for first talks in three years

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday at their first direct peace talks in more than three years, under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. Live Turkish television pictures showed Russian and Ukrainian negotiators holding discussions together with a Turkish delegation. Turkish Foreign Minister […]

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9 d. ago Peace talks or power play? Erdogan’s global stage amid domestic crackdown

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years on Thursday, days after his country’s militant nemesis, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), dissolved. His growing capital as international statesman – working towards stability in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and […]

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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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9 d. ago Kremlin says Ukraine peace talks in Turkey are still on, but doesn’t say who is going

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a Russian delegation will be in Istanbul on Thursday for possible direct peace talks with Ukraine, but did not disclose who would be there from Moscow’s side. Russian President Vladimir Putin in the early hours of Sunday proposed direct negotiations in Turkey on Thursday “without any preconditions,” but he […]

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4 w. ago Witkoff in Moscow for peace talks amid deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Friday, where he is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Interfax news agency. Witkoff has become a central figure in Washington’s push to end the war in Ukraine and has already held three lengthy meetings in Moscow. His visit comes […]

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