2 d. ago Russia says it will respond to Ukrainian attacks as and when it sees fit

Russia will respond to Ukraine’s latest attacks as and when its military sees fit, the Kremlin said on Thursday, accusing Kyiv of state terrorism and confirming that President Vladimir Putin had told Donald Trump that Moscow was obliged to retaliate. Ukraine used drones to strike Russian heavy bomber planes at air bases in Siberia and […]

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1 week ago Trump says Putin is ‘playing with fire’ as Russia makes gains in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv as Russian forces made gains in Ukraine’s northeast. With his frustration increasing, Trump has lashed out at the Russian president as Moscow has hit Ukraine with some of the three-year-old war’s deadliest drone […]

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1 week ago Russia ‘playing with diplomacy’, says Zelenskiy after 900 strikes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that mass Russian air attacks on Ukrainian targets were the “political choice” of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and he called for intensified pressure on Moscow. “There is no military sense in this, but it is an obvious political choice — a choice by Putin, a choice by Russia […]

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1 week ago Russia launches war’s largest air attack on Ukraine, Trump ‘not happy’ with Putin

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is considering more sanctions on Moscow after Russia launched a barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war so far. The strikes killed at least 12 people, including three children in the northern region of […]

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2 w. ago EU, Britain go ahead with new Russia sanctions without waiting for Trump

The EU and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for the United States to join them, a day after President Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin failed to elicit a promise for a ceasefire in Ukraine. London and Brussels said their new measures would zero in on Moscow’s “shadow fleet” […]

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2 w. ago Putin agrees with Trump to work with Ukraine on memorandum on possible peace accord

Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a call with US President Donald Trump on Monday, said that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about a future peace accord and that efforts to end the war in Ukraine were on the right track. Putin thanked Trump for supporting the resumption of direct talks between Moscow […]

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2 w. ago Trump says Russia, Ukraine agree to immediate ceasefire talks, Kremlin offers no timeframe

Donald Trump said after his call on Monday with President Vladimir Putin that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire, but the Kremlin said the process would take time and the U.S. president indicated he was not ready to join Europe with fresh sanctions to pressure Moscow. In a social media post, […]

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2 w. ago Trump to speak to Putin amid ‘impasse’ on ending war in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump was due to speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday about peace in Ukraine after Washington said there was an impasse over ending Eu-rope’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. President Putin sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the gravest confrontation between Russia and the West since […]

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2 w. ago Trump speaks to Putin amid ‘impasse’ on ending war in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump spoke to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday about peace in Ukraine after Washington said there was an impasse over ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two and that the United States may have to walk away. President Putin sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the gravest confrontation between […]

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Zelenskiy tells Putin to come to Turkey if he wants talks, after Trump intervention

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump told him publicly to immediately accept the Kremlin leader’s proposal of direct talks. Zelenskiy’s suggestion of a meeting with Putin capped a dramatic 48 hours in which European leaders joined Zelenskiy in demanding a […]

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4 w. ago European leaders, in Kyiv, turn up pressure on Russia over ceasefire

Ukraine and European leaders agreed on Saturday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire on May 12 with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, threatening President Vladimir Putin with new “massive” sanctions if he failed to comply. The announcement was made by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine after a meeting in Kyiv, […]

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