34 h. ago Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff says Putin's translator has 'best voice in the whole world'

Donald Trump's US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff was full of compliments during the crucial peace talks with Russia as he branded President Vladimir Putin's translator a legend

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37 h. ago Russia, Ukraine & US peace talks end ‘with no breakthrough’ as war rages on but officials could meet again ‘next week’

TALKS between Russia, Ukraine and the United States ended without an immediate breakthrough as Vladimir Putin unleashed a fresh wave of strikes on Kyiv. Representatives gathered in Abu Dhabi for peace negotiations, with American officials hinting that a summit between the two leaders could now be on the cards after discussions went “better than expected”....

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37 h. ago Zelensky and Putin could meet earlier than planned to bring Ukraine war to an end

American officials are raising the prospect of an early face to face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky after peace talks in Abu Dhabi went 'better than expected'.

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51 h. ago Putin ‘not ready for peace’ as tyrant launches ‘barbaric’ attack on Ukraine while Abu Dhabi peace talks continue

VLADIMIR Putin is showing no interest in ending his bloody invasion of Ukraine - as the Russian tyrant launched "barbaric" attacks during historic peace talks in Abu Dhabi. Despite Volodymyr Zelensky saying trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US had been "constructive", Moscow killed at least one person and left millions without power after...

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56 h. ago Grinch storming: Dramatic moment French commandos hit Putin tanker

Vladimir Putin's sanctions-busting oil tanker The Grinch was seized in a dramatic French Navy raid using British intelligence as allies continue to target Russia's shadow fleet

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65 h. ago A distraction, a threat: how Ukrainians have viewed the Greenland crisis

There are fears that Europe is exhausted with the war, worries about Trump’s logic but some hope of a silver lining In the Benedikt cafe in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, one wall is covered by a giant map with countries and territories cut out of lacquered wooden pieces, with Greenland at its apex.The waiter has not been following news of the Greenland crisis and Donald Trump’s desire to annex the Danish territory. But the echoes of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin’s imperial land grab of the waiter’s own country are clear to him. “They’re crazy. The pair of them.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Vladimir Putin makes ridiculous demand to Donald Trump in Ukraine peace deal talks

Talks in Abu Dhabi started on Friday and are due to continue over two days "as part of ongoing efforts to promote dialogue and identify political solutions to the crisis"

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3 d. ago Russia, Ukraine and the US are holding peace talks in Abu Dhabi. They're coming at a key moment

Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington’s push to end Moscow’s nearly 4-year-old invasion

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3 d. ago Vladimir Putin cronies issue UK nuclear missile threat amid Donald Trump 'peace' talks

The sickening threats were made while the Russian dictator was talking "peace" to Donald Trump's envoys in the Kremlin.

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3 d. ago Kremlin urged to 'strike UK first' and plunge Big Ben underwater with 'Poseidon' nuke

As talks of 'peace' are expected to be discussed over Ukraine between the US and Russia, Putin's propagandists have urged the Kremlin to attack the UK with nuclear missiles

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3 d. ago Vladimir Putin cronies issue horror threats to destroy Britain with nuclear missiles

The threat came as hours of late night 'peace talks' involving Putin and Trump envoys ended with the Kremlin ruling out ending the war in Ukraine - unless it surrendered Donbas

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3 d. ago Russia joins landmark trilateral Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi as Zelensky says: 'It's all about the land'

First trilateral talks on Ukraine war follow late-night meeting between Vladimir Putin and three US envoys in Moscow

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3 d. ago US, Ukraine and Russia delegations head to Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral talks of the war

Friday’s meeting in Abu Dhabi comes after talks between Russian president Vladimir Putin, US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared KushnerUkraine, Russia and the US are set to hold three-way talks in Abu Dhabi on Friday, marking the first time that the three countries have sat down together since Russia invaded in 2022.The meeting was confirmed in the early hours of Friday morning after talks at the Kremlin between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Kremlin diplomatic adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters those talks were “useful in every respect”, adding that it was “agreed that the first meeting of a trilateral working group on security issues will take place today in Abu Dhabi”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Royal Navy boat helps French seize Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in the Mediterranean

Defence Secretary John Healey vowed to ‘choke off funds’ that fuel Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

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4 d. ago US pushes Russia and Ukraine towards direct talks in Abu Dhabi

Donald Trump’s envoys to travel to Moscow to discuss idea of trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin

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4 d. ago France's Navy intercepts an oil tanker in the Mediterranean sailing from Russia

Officials say that France’s Navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet

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4 d. ago Trump to meet Zelensky today for crunch talks – as US envoy says Ukraine and Russia are just ‘ONE issue’ away from peace

NEGOTIATIONS to end Russia's war in Ukraine - Europe's deadliest since World War II - are down to a single issue, US special envoy Steve Witkoff has revealed. Joined by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Witkoff, will arrive in Moscow at 7-8pm local time (4-5pm UK time) for talks with Vladimir Putin on the possible...

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4 d. ago Tony Blair joins Trump's cast of international strongmen for launch of Donald's Board Of Peace... while Starmer joins the rest of Europe in boycott

Tony Blair was namechecked by the US president at the ceremony in Davos, where he hailed the level of interest in participating.

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4 d. ago Did you not get the memo, Tony? Blair shows up for Trump's 'board of peace' signing in Davos despite UK government snubbing ceremony over Putin invite

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said there were 'concerns' about the invite for the Russian dictator to join the body given his invasion of Ukraine.

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4 d. ago Britain snubs Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza signing ceremony over Putin invite

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said there were concerns about potential Russian involvement given Putin’s war in Ukraine

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