2 h. ago Trump rules out Ukraine reclaiming Crimea or joining Nato as European leaders gather in Washington

US president’s comments may prove a setback for Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he flies to US for crucial Oval Office meeting in wake of Alaska summitDonald Trump has put pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of Monday’s talks in Washington with European leaders, saying the Ukrainian president could end the war “almost immediately” if he wanted to. The US president also ruled out allowing Ukraine to join Nato or retake Russian-occupied Crimea as part of negotiations with Moscow.Trump posted the remarks on his Truth Social platform on Sunday night, hours before he was due to meet European leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, and Zelenskyy at the Oval Office in a bid to counter a reportedly US-backed plan that would see Ukraine give up territory. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Starmer and European allies travel to Washington with Zelensky for crunch talks

The PM and other European leaders will aim to prevent Ukraine from having to concede to Russian land grabs.

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer hails Volodymyr Zelensky's desire for a "just and lasting peace" in Ukraine

European leaders appear poised to join Mr Zelensky in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian president, after his last encounter with his American counterpart in the Oval Office resulted in a diplomatic crisis.

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10 h. ago What’s at stake when Zelensky meets Trump at the White House with Starmer and EU allies in tow

Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Washington alongside a host of European leaders in a show of solidarity with Zelensky

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10 h. ago Zelensky returns to Washington, this time with Europe at his side

Editorial: The stakes are higher than at that fateful Oval Office meeting in February, and Ukraine’s president is flanked by Europe’s most senior leaders to get a ‘yes’ from Donald Trump

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11 h. ago UK and EU at Zelenskyy’s side in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’European leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.As well as the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Italy’s PM, Giorgia Meloni, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Keir Starmer praises Zelensky's 'desire for peace' as Europe braces for crunch White House talks

Keir Starmer will jet to Washington, DC, to stand side-by-side with the Ukrainian wartime leader and a host of European allies to discuss an end to Russia's bloody invasion

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11 h. ago The Guardian view on the Alaska summit: there must be no more gifts to Vladimir Putin | Editorial

As Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to Washington amid talk of land swaps, European leaders must have his backHours after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin departed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Friday, Moscow officials reported that two more villages in Ukraine’s east had been seized by Russian forces. It was a grimly apt postscript to a “peace summit” that allowed a pariah leader to posture on the world stage, but signally failed to achieve the outcome that its host claimed to desire.Mr Trump had suggested that he would be “unhappy” if a ceasefire were not agreed during discussions with Mr Putin. There would, he warned, be “severe consequences” if his guest proved unwilling to end the war. Predictably, no ceasefire announcement was forthcoming, and the sanctions Mr Trump has repeatedly threatened, but never imposed, have been kicked into the long grass. Instead, the US president offered a crucial concession to Mr Putin, concurring that a cessation of hostilities sh...

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14 h. ago Putin's last trick? As Trump urges Zelensky to fold and European leaders dash to Washington, Ukraine claims suicidal Russian 'fakery' missions could seal its fate

Russian commanders are reportedly forcing troops to risk their lives in suicidal flag-painting missions, sending small groups to the frontline villages to raise the Russian flag.

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14 h. ago Zelenskyy says territorial swaps not possible under Ukrainian constitution ahead of White House meeting – live

Steve Witkoff says Russian president agreed to allow US and European allies to offer Ukraine security guarantee and also unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regionsGermany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will also be travelling to Washington tomorrow for the Trump-Zelenskyy talks, according to the federal government.The chancellor’s spokesperson has been quoted by BBC News as having said:The trip will serve as an exchange of information with US President Donald Trump following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.Chancellor Merz will discuss the status of peace efforts with the heads of state and government and underscore Germany’s interest in a swift peace agreement in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Russia stages fake videos of troops overtaking Ukraine territory in bid to fool Trump at the negotiating table

Russian commanders are reportedly forcing troops to risk their lives in suicidal flag-painting missions, sending small groups to the frontline villages to raise the Russian flag.

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16 h. ago Putin won in Anchorage. Now Zelenskyy and Europe are in an even more perilous position | Rajan Menon

Trump’s summit failed to achieve a ceasefire, but the Russian president will be very happy with how events are unfoldingDonald Trump portrays himself as a hard-nosed dealmaker. Yet in the run-up to Friday’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, his claim that the Russian leader held him in high regard and was therefore serious about ending the war in Ukraine sounded naive. Putin doesn’t let sentimentality shape his political and military decisions. Nor has he disavowed his longstanding claim to four Ukrainian provinces: Donetsk and Luhansk, which together comprise Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south. Despite Russia’s overwhelming numerical advantage in troops and weaponry, Putin occupies only one province, Luhansk, almost entirely. Yet he persists.In the days before his meeting with Putin, Trump said the Russian economy “stinks” and that falling oil prices would cause Russia’s war to run aground. The war has certainly placed severe s...

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16 h. ago European leaders rally round Zelenskyy ahead of Trump meeting

‘Coalition of the Willing’ members will join Ukraine’s leader in US as part of effort to press Trump on ceasefire

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17 h. ago Keir Starmer to meet with Trump and Zelenskyy at White House on Monday

US President Donald Trump will meet with European leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, will fly to the US for a meeting at the White House tomorrow - following on from the Putin summit on Friday

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17 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer will join European leaders to meet Donald Trump in White House with Volodymyr Zelensky

The US president urged his Ukrainian counterpart to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War

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17 h. ago European leaders including Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron to join Zelensky in Washington for Trump summit after US President's Alaska showdown

European leaders will join Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky for his crucial meeting with Donald Trump , European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said today.

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18 h. ago Keir Starmer to join Ukraine's Zelensky for crunch talks with Donald Trump at White House

Downing Street confirmed the Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to the White House to join crucial talks over the war in Ukraine alongside a raft of European leaders

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18 h. ago European leaders to join Zelensky when he meets Trump at the White House

Western leaders will host a call of the coalition of the willing on Sunday to discuss steps to ending the war in Ukraine.

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18 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer expected to join European leaders meeting Donald Trump in White House with Volodymyr Zelensky

The US president urged his Ukrainian counterpart to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War

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19 h. ago European leaders to join Zelenskyy at White House meeting on Monday, says Ursula von der Leyen – live

European Commission president says she and other European leaders will meet Donald Trump on Monday after Ukrainian president’s requestThe coalition of the willing videoconference call is expected to bed led by the UK and France and take place at about 14:00 BST.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has just confirmed in a post on X that she will be meeting Donald Trump along with other European leaders in the White House on Monday at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

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