8 h. ago Putin given the red carpet treatment as he discusses Trump talks with Xi on sidelines of China summit

Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi are among the 20 leaders meeting in China for a security summit

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6 d. ago Vance boasts Trump’s ‘energetic diplomacy’ will end Ukraine war

Vance insists Russia made ‘significant’ concessions -- but can’t name them -- as Russia’s foreign minister walks back claim of Zelensky meeting within ‘two weeks’

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7 d. ago Vance boasts Trump’s ‘energetic diplomacy’ will end Ukraine war as Russian foreign minister says no Putin

Vance insists Russia made ‘significant’ concessions -- but can’t name them -- as Russia’s foreign minister walks back claim of Zelensky meeting within ‘two weeks’

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8 d. ago Trump again mulls Russia sanctions as Ukraine peace remains elusive one week after Alaska summit

Russia’s foreign minister says no meeting planned between Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr ZelenskyyDonald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia if there was no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, as Moscow said there remained “no meeting planned” between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.“I’m going to make a decision as to what we do and it’s going to be a very important decision, and that’s whether or not it’s massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both, or we do nothing and say it’s your fight,” Trump said, showing apparent frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Putin in Alaska. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Minister unveils UK crackdown on Kyrgyz finance to ‘keep pressure on’ Putin

Russian leaders are ‘sorely mistaken’ if they thought they could ‘hide’ their efforts to evade sanctions, Stephen Doughty said.

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1 week ago Russia says it must be part of international talks on Ukraine’s security

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses European diplomacy as ‘clumsy effort to sway Trump’Russia-Ukraine war – live updatesMoscow has said it must be part of any international talks on Ukraine’s security, as Russia continues to stall on Donald Trump’s push for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Wednesday that Moscow must be included in any talks on Ukraine’s security guarantees, dismissing European diplomacy as “aggressive escalation” and a “clumsy effort to sway Trump”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer to speak with coalition of the willing ahead of Zelensky

The Prime Minister, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz will host the meeting of the coalition of the willing on Sunday afternoon.

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2 w. ago British personnel ready to arrive in Ukraine once fighting on hold – Government

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his US counterpart Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska.

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2 w. ago House of Lords 'doesn't need more Putin apologists like Nigel Farage', says Cabinet minister as Labour sparks furious row by shutting down Reform UK's demand for peerages

John Healey, the Defence Secretary, sparked a furious political row as he referred to Mr Farage's past comments about the Russian leader.

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2 w. ago Lords does not need ‘Putin apologists like Farage’, minister says

Defence Secretary John Healey said the voice of Reform UK is ‘conspicuously absent’ in Commons debates on Russia and Ukraine.

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2 w. ago ‘Viable chance’ of ceasefire in Ukraine thanks to Trump, says Starmer

In a call with allies, the Prime Minister suggested the prospect of a truce is in sight.

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2 w. ago Downing Street issues Vladimir Putin 'trust' warning as despot looks to 're

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister has ominously warned 'don't trust Putin as far as you can throw him' ahead of peace talks between Russia and the US, scheduled to take place later this week

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