8 d. ago Merz Frustrated With Ukraine Talks as Europe Seeks Sanctions

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced exasperation that Europe lacks the clout to force Russia to end its war in Ukraine after the US continued to stall on providing security guarantees or agree on sanctions.

Economics

1 week ago Garanties de sécurité à l'Ukraine: Macron, Zelensky et des dirigeants européens parleront à Trump jeudi

Macron, Zelensky et d'autres Européens s'entretiendront jeudi avec Donald Trump à l'issue de leur sommet sur les garanties de sécurité pour l'Ukraine.

Politics

1 week ago Merz sees war in Ukraine dragging on with no clear end in sight

(Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he hasn’t given up hope that a ceasefire can be secured in Ukraine, but he’s “not under any illusions either.” “I am preparing myself inwardly for the possibility that this war could go on for a long time,” Merz said in an interview on Sunday with public broadcaster […]

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2 w. ago Adam Zivo: Carney’s support for Ukraine bolsters Canadian security

Neither national defence nor international alliances are free

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2 w. ago Carney lands in Germany after signing defence, economic pact with Poland

Carney is moving to align Canada more closely with Europe as U.S. President Donald Trump upends global trade, and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine heightens global security risks.

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2 w. ago ‘Very, very hard’ work underway to end war in Ukraine, Trump envoy says

Officials are 'hoping to get to a position where, in the near term, we have, with a lack of a better term, security guarantees for Ukraine, U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg said.

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2 w. ago In Kyiv, Carney not ruling out Canadian troops in Ukraine if peace deal reached

PM said Canada doesn't think it is 'realistic' that Ukraine's military alone would be enough for a security guarantee

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3 w. ago Adam Zivo: Putin spoils peace prospect with demand for veto over Ukraine security

If Russia is given what it wants, Ukraine would be less secure, not more

Politics

3 w. ago NATO defence chiefs hold a virtual meeting on security guarantees for Ukraine

BRUSSELS — NATO defence chiefs were due to hold a virtual meeting Wednesday, a senior alliance official said, as Western countries pushing for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine devise possible future security guarantees for Kyiv that could help forge a peace agreement. Italian Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the chair of NATO’s Military Committee, […]

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3 w. ago NATO defence chiefs to virtually meet to talk Ukraine security guarantees

Kyiv’s European allies are looking to set up a force that could backstop any peace agreement, and a coalition of 30 countries have signed up to support the initiative.

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3 w. ago Kelly McParland: Oval office slapstick brings Ukraine no closer to peace

Even if Ukraine does receive a pledge of security guarantees, Europe would do well to gird for the worst

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3 w. ago Anand says Trump talks could be opportunity to enact Ukraine security plan

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Donald Trump’s talks with Russia and Ukraine could provide the opening for Ottawa and its peers to put plans into action to secure Kyiv’s future. Anand says Canada and its peers have been talking about “stable security guarantees” for Ukraine for more than two years. She says […]

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3 w. ago Ukraine hopeful Canada will ‘actively’ be part of future security guarantee

Prime Minister Mark Carney and other senior officials say they will play a role in security guarantees for Ukraine, but what that involves remains an open question.

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3 w. ago Il n’y aura pas de troupes américaines au sol parmi les garanties de sécurité en Ukraine

Les discussions s’intensifient sur ce qui pourrait être offert à Kiev pour dissuader toute attaque de la Russie.

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3 w. ago Comment sera garantie la sécurité de l’Ukraine si une paix est signée ?

Les discussions s’intensifient sur ce qui pourrait être offert à Kiev afin de dissuader toute attaque de la Russie.

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3 w. ago Comment sera garantie la sécurité de l’Ukraine si une paix est signée?

Les discussions s’intensifient sur ce qui pourrait être offert à Kiev afin de dissuader toute attaque de la Russie.

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3 w. ago Adam Zivo: Zelenskyy meeting with Trump a resounding success

U.S. says it will back NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine

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3 w. ago War in Ukraine influencing Canada’s Arctic security policy, Anand says

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving “no stone unturned” to defend Canada’s North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direct implications for Canada’s Arctic sovereignty. Anand was in Helsinki to meet with her counterparts from Nordic countries to discuss Arctic security, which […]

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3 w. ago Canada leaving ‘no stone unturned’ to defend Arctic alongside NATO: Anand

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand's meetings in Finland on Monday came the same day European leaders were at the White House discussing ways to end the war in Ukraine.

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3 w. ago Trump assure que Poutine est prêt à accepter des garanties de sécurité pour l’Ukraine

Donald Trump et son homologue ukrainien se sont rencontrés lundi dans le Bureau ovale de la Maison-Blanche.

Politics