5 h. ago What security guarantees might Ukraine get in return for a peace deal?

As western leaders meet, questions remain about the steps they could take to prevent any future Russian aggressionRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesEuropean leaders have been holding a virtual conference call to discuss what security guarantees they could give to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia. The discussion follows Monday’s unprecedented get-together in the White House hosted by Donald Trump. The US president met Volodymyr Zelenskyy and held talks with Britain’s Keir Starmer, as well as the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and Nato. The main topic was how to end the war in Ukraine, the continent’s biggest since 1945, and how Europe might stop Russia from attacking again. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump says Ukraine security guarantee could include US air support

US president warns Putin will face ‘rough situation’ if he does not co-operate on a peace deal

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5 h. ago Donald Trump says US could play role ‘by air’ in Ukraine security guarantee

US president warns Putin will face ‘rough situation’ if he does not co-operate on a peace deal

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7 h. ago European leaders discuss Ukraine security guarantees after Trump talks

Leaders continue flurry of diplomacy amid uncertainty over whether Putin-Zelenskyy meeting will be agreedEuropean leaders are holding fresh talks after their White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid uncertainty over Vladimir Putin’s readiness to meet the Ukrainian president.The so-called “coalition of the willing” will first meet virtually, co-chaired by Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, before joining a video conference hosted by the European Council president, António Costa. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Ukraine live updates: ‘Dynamics have accelerated,’ says Polish PM as coalition of the willing debrief takes place after White House meeting

European leaders meet virtually after talks at the White House where Trump said arrangements being made for meeting between Putin and ZelenskyyFull report: Trump arranging Zelenskyy-Putin meeting as European leaders push for US security guaranteesSketch: All smoke and no fire as Zelenskky emerges unbruised after Trump meetVolodymyr Zelenskyy navigated Monday’s meeting more successfully than his Oval Office encounter in February, which ended abruptly when Donald Trump and JD Vance publicly upbraided him for not being grateful enough.In his opening remarks to the media on Monday, the Ukrainian president repeated his thanks at least eight times, the Associated Press reports.A meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin ... could it finally happen?The need for security guarantees agreed – but details unclearTrump believes he is very good at solving conflictsA potential boost for the US arms industry Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ on security guarantees after crunch White House Ukraine talks

Sir Keir Starmer said ‘real progress’ was made during the crunch talks on Monday

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10 h. ago Ed Davey calls for review of terrorism legislation after Palestine Action arrests – UK politics live

The Lib Dem leader is seeking a review of the laws to prevent the ‘en masse’ arrestsIt is “absolutely essential” for the US to be part of European security guarantees for a potential Ukrainian peace deal, but there is “lots more work to be done” on what they will entail, a minister has said.“The really important progress yesterday was on the security guarantees, these issues that the prime minister and president Macron have been leading on within Europe, with 30 countries involved in planning with a coalition of the willing to make sure we can provide those guarantees.Those guarantees are really important. You’re right to say that there’s now lots more work to be done on the nature of those guarantees. That’s what is now under way.You’ve seen that happening immediately. It was already under way, as I say, across 30 countries, and now the United States is going to be involved in that.In the House of Commons, we abstained [from the decision to make Palestine Action a proscribed organi...

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11 h. ago Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ on security guarantees after Ukraine talks

US President Donald Trump described the talks as ‘very good’ and said a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin would be arranged.

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11 h. ago Is this the hot mic moment that gives away what REALLY happened at White House summit? Fears Putin will pull out of Ukraine talks as Trump commits to US security guarantees 

The Kremlin branded a 40-minute phone call between President Trump and Putin on Monday as 'frank' and only 'fairly constructive'.

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13 h. ago Four key takeaways from Trump’s White House summit on Ukraine

The US president has hosted European leaders at short notice amid intense political efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Here are four key points to what was achievedUkraine war: live updatesFull report: Trump arranging Zelenskyy-Putin meeting as European leaders push for US security guaranteesDonald Trump has hosted leaders from across Europe as part of a flurry of diplomacy to find a path to peace in Ukraine. Coming just days after a disappointing summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the pressure was on to make headway in a years-long conflict that the US president once said he could solve in 24 hours.Below are some key points arising from the US president’s range of bilateral and multilateral talks with the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and Nato. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Ukraine live updates: Trump and European leaders press Putin to agree to Zelenskyy meeting

US president says arrangements being made for bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy and that US will help guarantee Ukraine’s security if a deal is reachedFull report: Trump arranging Zelenskyy-Putin meeting as European leaders push for US security guaranteesSketch: All smoke and no fire as Zelenskky emerges unbruised after Trump meetBritish prime minister Keir Starmer has described the talks at the White House as “good and constructive” and said they produced “real progress”.Speaking after the summit, Starmer said: “There was a real sense of unity between the European leaders that were there and President Trump and President Zelenskyy.”The other material outcome was the agreement that there will now be a bilateral agreement between President Putin and President Zelenskyy, that was after a phone call between President Trump and President Putin during the course of this afternoon, followed by a trilateral that will add in Trump.That is a recognition of the principle that on s...

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20 h. ago Trump talks with European leaders end, White House says, amid push for ceasefire and trilateral meeting – live

Earlier reports said US president interrupted meeting to speak to Putin as European leaders call for truce and US-Russia-Ukraine talksTrump tells Zelenskyy ceasefire not needed for Russia-Ukraine peace dealSketch: All smoke and no fire as Zelenskky emerges unbruised after Trump meetA Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said.The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Trump caught in hot mic moment about Putin as European leaders push Ukraine security guarantees as make

In a hot mic moment Monday, Donald Trump appeared to be reassuring Emmanuel Macron that Vladimir Putin was serious about making peace in Ukraine.

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21 h. ago Ukraine offers $100bn weapons deal to Trump to win security guarantee

Document seen by the FT lays out Kyiv’s proposals to US president at crucial White House meeting

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21 h. ago Ukraine offers $100bn weapons deal to Trump to win security guarantees

Document seen by the FT lays out Kyiv’s proposals to US president at crucial White House meeting

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21 h. ago Ukraine offers Trump $100bn weapons deal to win security guarantees

Document seen by FT lays out Kyiv’s proposals to US president at crucial White House meeting

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21 h. ago Trump interrupts talks with European leaders to call Putin amid push for ceasefire and trilateral meeting – live

US president speaks to Russian leaders in middle of talks instead of afterwards, media reports say, as European leaders call for truce and US-Russia-Ukraine talks Trump tells Zelenskyy ceasefire not needed for Russia-Ukraine peace dealSketch: All smoke and no fire as Zelenskky emerges unbruised after Trump meetA Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said.The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Trump caught on hot mic saying he thinks Putin ‘wants to make a deal for me – as crazy as it sounds’

US president whispered that Putin ‘wants to make a deal for me’ before meeting with European leaders in the White House

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23 h. ago Donald Trump caught on 'hot mic' sharing his real thoughts about Putin

The US president was overheard speaking to French President Emmanuel Macron at the start of a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a number of European leaders

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23 h. ago Trump says Russia will accept security guarantees for Ukraine, but talks of ‘possible exchanges of territory’ – live

US president holds meeting with Zelenskyy and European leaders after touting ‘very substantial progress’ in Putin talks A Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said.The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Continue reading...

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