20 h. ago Russian negotiator issues grim new prediction of when Ukraine ceasefire could happen

A Russian negotiator involved in peace talks said a ceasefire deal with Ukraine could be further away than a number of Trump administration officials in the US had hoped

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3 d. ago Watch Putin’s speech in full after Starmer accuses Russia of ‘playing games’ with Ukraine ceasefire

Watch in full as Vladimir Putin speaks after Sir Keir Starmer accused Russia of “playing games” with peace and delaying a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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3 d. ago Watch live: Putin speaks after Starmer accuses Russia of ‘playing games’ with Ukraine ceasefire

Watch live as Vladimir Putin speaks after Sir Keir Starmer accused Russia of “playing games” with peace and delaying a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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3 d. ago Starmer calls for deadline on Ukraine peace talks to stop Putin’s ‘games’

Sir Keir Starmer said plans for a military deployment to Ukraine were being stepped up to secure any peace deal.

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3 d. ago Putin is 'playing games' on Ukraine peace, says Keir Starmer as PM urges Trump not to lift sanctions

Emmanuel Macron says a Franco-British team will travel to Ukraine to help Kyiv bolster its military

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5 d. ago Russia 'is demanding more Ukrainian territory than it currently holds' in peace talks while US is still eyeing a 'full

The Kremlin wants American officials to pressure Kyiv to withdraw troops from the territories in order to achieve the 'full-on' ceasefire sought by the White House.

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5 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: There's only one grim conclusion from the latest Saudi talks: Trump isn't pursuing a just peace for Ukraine

It is not often one interview causes deep anxiety in Kyiv and general dismay across Europe's major capitals. But Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's envoy to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, managed it.

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6 d. ago British and French military chiefs meet ahead of Ukraine peacekeeping talks

The heads of the British and French armed forces met to discuss deeper military ties between the two countries

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1 week ago Russia names former FSB officer behind Ukraine invasion to lead peace talks

Terms of proposed ceasefire remain unclear as Moscow launches airstrikes and Kyiv hits Russian airbaseRussia has named a secretive former FSB chief who played a key role in planning Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to lead next week’s peace talks with the US in Saudi Arabia.Moscow announced that Sergei Beseda, the former head of the spy agency’s fifth directorate – who oversaw intelligence operations in Ukraine and orchestrated the recruitment of collaborators before the full-scale invasion – will travel to Riyadh for Monday’s talks with the US. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Starmer: Talks to turn Ukraine peace force from concept to military plan

The Prime Minister said the ‘timetable now is coming into focus’ following talks between the US and Russia.

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1 week ago Donald Trump suggests US could take over Ukrainian nuclear plants in 'very good' call with Volodymyr Zelensky

Trump claimed ‘we are very much on track’ for a peace breakthrough in Ukraine after Wednesday’s talks

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1 week ago Donald Trump claims 'we're on track' for Ukraine peace breakthrough after talks with Volodymyr Zelensky

Vladimir Putin rejected the US president’s push for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

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1 week ago Putin demands Ukraine is muzzled and blinded before proper talks begin

The apparent olive branch offered by Moscow after lengthy talks on Tuesday in fact suits the Kremlin tactically, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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1 week ago Putin's sinister response to Trump peace talks as Ukraine hospital attack launched

“We are not salad or compote to be on Putin's menu, regardless of his appetite.”

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1 week ago Vladimir Putin's sick response to Trump peace talks as he launches attack on Ukraine hospitals

The Kremlin claimed that they had got everything they wanted in the peace talk negotiations, earning more favour from the US President than his suppposed allies in Britain and the EU

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1 week ago Donald Trump backs Vladimir Putin's idea of hosting hockey games between the USA and banned Russia

The two leaders held a lengthy phone discussion on Tuesday, during which Putin agreed to a proposal by Trump that Russia and Ukraine cease attacking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days.

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1 week ago Five bombshells from Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's Ukraine war peace talks phone call

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1 week ago Russia accused of arson attacks on Ikea store; European leaders question whether Moscow wants Ukraine ceasefire – Europe live

Lithuania says Russia was behind arson of Vilnius Ikea store in 2024; EU foreign policy chief questions Putin’s motivesThe Lithuanian prosecutor general has said that Russian military intelligence was behind the arson of an Ikea store in Vilnius in 2024.In an update into its investigation (in Lithuanian), the authorities said the main suspect engaged with Russian military and security services and accepted payment for plans to attack shopping centres in Lithuania and Latvia to “intimidate the societies of both countries” in a bid to stop their support for Ukraine. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump chilling claim Russia peace talks to involve 'dividing up Ukraine's land'

Donald Trump said he will speak to Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as military chiefs prepare to discuss peacekeeping plans in London

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1 week ago ‘No ceasefire will work’: US medics on Ukraine’s front line scorn Trump’s peace talks

A US medic in charge of the care of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers on the front line tells world affairs editor Sam Kiley near Konstantinyvka how Russia does not commit to ceasefires, her fury at Trump’s betrayal and why Ukraine will never give up

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