3 h. ago Trump and Zelenskyy share ‘frank’ but ‘very good’ call as Ukraine accepts partial ceasefire

Ukraine’s president says his country is ready to implement pause in strikes on energy and infrastructureEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a “very good telephone call” on Wednesday, according to Trump, in the first conversation between the US president and his Ukrainian counterpart since their disastrous showdown in the White House three weeks ago.Zelenskyy described the call as “positive, very substantive and frank”, and said he had signed up to a partial ceasefire that Trump agreed with Vladimir Putin a day earlier. The White House said Trump had promised to help with a Ukrainian request to source more air defence batteries for Kyiv. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Zelensky says ‘lasting peace can be achieved this year’ after Trump call

It comes as Downing Street labelled Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s resistance to accepting a ceasefire without conditions as ‘disappointing’.

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5 h. ago Gloating Putin boasts of 'completing the defeat' over Ukraine in Kursk region as Kyiv and Moscow exchange hundreds of POWs a day after Trump call

Vladimir Putin has today bragged of Russia 'completing the defeat' of Ukraine in the Kursk region just one day after agreeing to a partial 30-day ceasefire during a call with Donald Trump. 

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6 h. ago The Latest: DOGE official to take USAID leadership role despite department helping to dismantle it

According to an email obtained by The Associated Press, a senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency it has worked to dismantle

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7 h. ago Trump 'tricked' into 'blank cheque' deal as Putin 'laughs his backside off'

Vladimir Putin is 'laughing his backside off' after securing a 'blank cheque' peace deal with Donald Trump following their peace talks phone call, one expert has claimed

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7 h. ago Zelenskyy talks to Trump after Russia continues strikes on Ukraine

Ukrainian president says Vladimir Putin broke his promise to pause attacks on energy infrastructure

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7 h. ago Donald Trump claims 'we're on track' for Ukraine peace breakthrough after talks with Volodymyr Zelensky

Vladimir Putin rejected the US president’s push for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

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8 h. ago Vladimir Putin 'laughing his backside off' after tricking Trump into 'blank cheque' deal

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed the Ukraine peace deal during a phone call yesterday, with the Russian tyrant rejecting the 30-day ceasefire proposal and only agreeing to stop pummelling Ukraine's energy infrastructure

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9 h. ago EU signals a new drive to buy European weapons and break its security dependency on the US

The European Union is on a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States

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10 h. ago Starmer pledges ‘unwavering support’ to Ukraine as diplomatic talks continue

Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump will speak on Wednesday after talks between the White House and Kremlin on Tuesday.

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10 h. ago Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk visits destroyed energy plant in Ukraine

Usyk visited the plant one day before Vladimir Putin’s phone call with Donald Trump, in which he agreed to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

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11 h. 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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11 h. 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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12 h. ago Air strikes in Ukraine ‘not encouraging’ sign of progress to peace – Timms

Russian drones hit Ukrainian cities overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin’s words ‘are very different from reality’.

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13 h. ago How sly Putin kept Trump waiting for historic phone call knowing he was 'holding all the cards' over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin was an hour late for his Tuesday call with Donald Trump and seemingly unbothered by the fact that he had kept the American president waiting.

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13 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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14 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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15 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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15 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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26 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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