10 m. ago Zelensky condemns Putin for breaking his own ceasefire proposal with deadly strikes as Ukrainian leader prepares to speak to Trump for the first time since White House bust

Zelensky drew clear red lines for peace, insisting that his nation would not accept territorial losses as part of a peace deal, and that the return of 'thousands' of prisoners

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35 m. ago Donald Trump issues chilling WW3 warning after failing to secure Ukraine ceasefire

Donald Trump claimed he had a 'great call' with Vladimir Putin despite him rejecting the 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine - and repeated his warnings of World War III

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56 m. ago Zelensky says Putin's partial ceasefire agreement 'at odds with reality' as Russia pounds Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Zelensky demands the world block Russia’s attempts to drag out the war following Moscow’s latest attacks

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68 m. ago Zelensky vows to 'win this war' and condemns Putin for breaking his own ceasefire proposal with deadly strikes as Ukrainian leader prepares to speak to Trump for the first time since White House bust

Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to 'win this war' after accusing Vladimir Putin of breaking own ceasefire proposals with deadly strikes

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90 m. ago 'Round One' to Putin as Trump threatens to sell out Ukraine in secret deal, warns Ben Wallace

The Russian leader rejected the US president’s push for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

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91 m. 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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2 h. ago Russian drones strike Ukraine after Putin's ceasefire talks with Trump

Russia has launched a series of drone strikes that struck civilian areas overnight and damaged a hospital in Ukraine following the refusal by President Vladimir Putin to back a full 30-day ceasefire during discussions with his American counterpart

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3 h. ago 'Round One' to Putin and Trump threatens to sell out Ukraine in secret deal, warns Ben Wallace

The Russian leader rejected the US president’s push for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

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3 h. ago Russia attacks Ukraine hours after partial ceasefire agreed in Putin

Shortly after call ended, about 45 drones targeted region around Kyiv with anti-aircraft fire audible across capital overnightRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones and S-300 surface-to-air missiles overnight, Ukrainian authorities have said, hours after Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump he would sign up to a partial and temporary ceasefire.Trump and Putin spoke for more than two hours on Tuesday evening, and while the Russian president rejected Trump’s request for a full 30-day ceasefire, to which Ukraine had agreed last week in Jeddah, the pair agreed on a moratorium on strikes on energy and infrastructure targets. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Russia accused of attack on power system of state railway hours after Putin

Ukraine’s President Zelensky demands the world block Russia’s attempts to drag out the war following Moscow’s latest attacks

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3 h. 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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3 h. ago Jordan Pickford admits unanswered question over Jordan Henderson's England return

Jordan Henderson has returned to the England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has spoken about his compatriot

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4 h. ago Russia’s demands on western support for Ukraine ‘unacceptable’, says Germany after Trump

German defence minister says Putin’s desire to render Ukraine defenceless is ‘very transparent’US envoy Steve Witkoff said in a televised interview overnight that US-Russia talks are expected to continue on Sunday, with the two sides meeting again in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Speaking to Fox, he suggested that Russians have also signed up to a form of agreement on “the Black Sea maritime aspect of a ceasefire,” and added that he was “certainly hopeful that Ukrainians will agree to it.”“The point is that, up until recently, we really didn’t have consensus around these two aspects, the energy and infrastructure ceasefire and the Black Sea moratorium on firing.And today we got to that place, and I think it’s a relatively short distance to a full ceasefire from there. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Ukraine ceasefire: All the unanswered questions as Trump’s peace plan with Putin falls short

A lengthy meeting was held between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin where they discussed the Ukraine conflict but the outcome fell short of the hope for a full ceasefire

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4 h. 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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6 h. ago Putin agrees to pause energy attacks on Ukraine after Trump call but ceasefire hopes on knife edge

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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14 h. ago President Putin has outplayed President Trump – now it is not just Ukraine that is at stake

Editorial: The Washington and Moscow phone call represents a historic geopolitical shift in the world order – one that goes beyond any previous thawing of relations between the two countries. It is also a confirmation of Europe’s worst fears

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15 h. ago Zelensky reacts with fresh demands after Trump and Putin's lengthy call on limited ceasefire deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated he was in favor of an 'energy and infrastructure ceasefire' with Russia but wants to hear more from President Donald Trump first. 

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15 h. ago Pussyfoot Trump could bend to Putin as UK and France have kittens, says expert

EXCLUSIVE: A world-renowned war expert has said the plan for a phased ceasefire agreed between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is 'entirely dishonourable and utterly disgraceful'

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16 h. ago Trump and Putin agree temporary halt on energy infrastructure strikes as Zelenskyy welcomes proposal – live

Trump hails ‘productive’ call with Russian president as Putin issues long list of conditions; Ukraine’s president reacts to Trump-Putin callSpeaking for the Greens, who are expected to back the CDU/CSU and the SPD today after a political deal struck late last week, Britta Haßelmann offered her support for the proposal – even as she sharply criticised Merz’s change of heart on this issue in recent weeks.Rejecting Merz’s comments about the new, challenging global circumstances, he said “the conditions are no different than they were on 1 January or in October last year,” after Trump was elected. Continue reading...

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