21 h. ago Volodymyr Zelensky exposes Vladimir Putin's real Ukraine war plan with brutal statement

Volodymyr Zelenksy says Vladimir Putin's response to a proposed Ukraine ceasefire is "very predictable" and "very manipulative" after the Russian leader said "there are issues we need to discuss"

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42 h. ago Document for Russian leaders outlines plan to prolong Ukraine war by creating Trump tensions, report says

Calling Trump plan for peace within 100 days ‘impossible,’ document states ‘resolution’ can’t come before 2026. A U.S. expert noted Russia isn’t interested in an early peace, and Trump ‘doesn’t appear to understand’ that

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43 h. ago NASA scientist gives brutal take down of flat earthers with one simple statement

Dr James Garvin explained how great 16th Century mariners set off because they knew the Earth was round and would be able to go across one ocean and come back home the other way

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8 d. ago ‘It’s great we are not alone,’ says Volodymyr Zelenskyy as EU leaders hold defence summit – Europe live

Ukrainian president thanks European leaders as they gather to discuss €800bn plan to boost military capacitySee all our Ukraine war coverageNorwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been speaking in the country’s parliament in the last few minutes, announcing plans to “significantly” increase spending to help Ukraine defend itself.He warned that the country was facing “the most serious security situation since the second world war.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘It’s great we are not alone’, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy as EU leaders gather for defence summit – Europe live

Ukrainian president thanks European leaders as they gather to discuss €800bn plan to boost military capacitySee all our Ukraine war coverageNorwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been speaking in the country’s parliament in the last few minutes, announcing plans to “significantly” increase spending to help Ukraine defend itself.He warned that the country was facing “the most serious security situation since the second world war.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Starmer, Macron and Zelensky could visit Trump, says French government

Intensive international diplomatic efforts over a peace plan to end the Ukraine war are continuing.

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9 d. ago Zelenskyy says he will work under Trump’s leadership as he proposes Ukraine peace plan

Ukrainian president signals willingness to sign US minerals deal as he attempts to rebuild ties after Oval Office clashEurope live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a possible peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, saying he is willing to work “constructively” under Donald Trump’s “strong leadership” and to sign a deal giving the US access to his country’s mineral wealth.In an attempt to mend fences with Washington after Trump abruptly suspended supplies of military aid, Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he was “ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump administration briefing: Vance defends US position on Ukraine; tariffs hit Canada, Mexico and China

China and Canada retaliate after tariffs come into effect – key US politics stories from Monday at a glanceDonald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, last week, according to US media reports.Vance told Fox News in an interview recorded before the announcement on Monday that giving Washington an economic interest in the future of Ukraine will serve as a security guarantee for the country that Russia invaded in February 2022. “If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine,” Vance said in the interview. “That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years,” he added. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Kremlin slams Keir Starmer's 'insolent' plan to send peacekeepers to Ukraine in chilling warning

Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister said Keir Starmer’s plan for a peace deal in the Ukraine war is 'insolent' - and a continuation of 'pitting the Kyiv regime against us'

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1 week ago Starmer’s diplomatic flurry puts him at centre of attempts to shape Ukraine

PM’s decision to bring forward Zelenskyy meeting and forge Franco-British peace plan shows UK can still play global leadership role Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAs Keir Starmer and his aides huddled to discuss their response to Friday’s calamitous White House meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the prime minister’s team pondered whether to issue a statement on social media.Already messages of support were flooding in for the Ukrainian president from other European leaders, including Emmanuel Macron of France and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK, France and Ukraine agree to work on ceasefire plan for Russia’s war in Ukraine

UK, France and Ukraine agree to work on ceasefire plan for Russia’s war in Ukraine  The Associated Press

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy willing to ‘restore dialogue’ with Trump as European leaders head to UK for defence summit

European heads of government and leaders of Canada and Turkey will attend talks aimed at presenting a united front on Ukraine crisis. What we know on day 1,103See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy is willing to “restore dialogue” with the US, French president Emmanuel Macron has said after speaking with the Ukrainian leader following the disastrous White House exchange with US president Donald Trump on Friday. Macron said the dialogue would include a deal that would give US access to revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources. Macron also spoke to Trump but did not reveal any details about the call. The White House had no immediate comment.Macron’s comments come as Zelenskyy arrived in London ahead of a summit of European leaders on Sunday that the Ukrainian president will attend to discuss a peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war. UK prime minister Keir Starmer will host European heads of government and the leaders of Canada and Turkey at the special defence summ...

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1 week ago First Dates star Fred Sirieix takes aim at Love Island contestants in brutal statement

First Dates star Fred Sirieix has taken a swipe at Love Island as he claimed that the show's stars are not on the dating series for 'money or fame' but just to find love

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3 w. ago Voices: Should British troops be deployed in Ukraine? Join The Independent Debate

Have your say: Russia condemned Keir Starmer’s latest plan as ‘unacceptable,’ warning that any Nato troops in Ukraine would be seen as a ‘direct threat’

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3 w. ago Starmer’s Ukraine peacekeeping plan revealed before he presents to Trump in US visit

Sir Keir Starmer will fly to the US for his first official meeting with Donald Trump in the White House next week

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3 w. ago ‘When has Russia ever kept its promises?’: Ukrainians furious over Trump’s plan to end war

People living abroad or who fled conflict fear that US president’s actions will further destabilise their countryTrump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable riftThey have wrestled with grief, anxiety at starting a new life and survivors’ guilt – and now Ukrainian exiles must balance feelings of shock and betrayal with an “existential” defiance that their homeland must keep fighting for a just peace.“Ukrainians do not have the luxury of falling into despair,” Olga Onuch said, when asked about the mood of expats watching the future of their war-torn country being decided from afar. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why IS Trump putty in Putin's hands? Rumours of Russian kompromat have been dismissed as 'fake news' by US president so what is the real reason he's cosying up to Putin?

In 2013 Miss Universe, American Olivia Culpo , travelled to Moscow to film a music video with a Russian pop star who was the son of a billionaire real estate mogul with ties to President Vladimir Putin.

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3 w. ago Trump Ukraine peace plan sparks 'wider war' in Europe fears amid doubts he would defend Nato ally under Article V

The warnings came as Trump and Putin’s top diplomats were meeting for talks in Saudi Arabia

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3 w. ago Europe at war over Starmer's Ukraine peace plan: Germany's Scholz storms out of crisis summit and slams UK's 'completely premature' troops pledge

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz left a crisis summit in Paris between European leaders early and a 'little irritated' labelling the premier's calls as 'highly inappropriate'.

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3 w. ago Europe tries to shore up fragile unity as it realises it cannot rely on US

Leaders arrive at Paris summit for urgent talks on Ukraine after week that showed how far values have divergedEurope live – latest updatesThey came smiling, but the task was immense. After dozens of summits at which a hesitant and discordant EU had failed to agree on anything like a cohesive plan for the end of the war in Ukraine, this one had, suddenly and vitally, to be different.The leaders of France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and – speaking for the Nordic and Baltic states – Denmark, plus Britain’s prime minister and the heads of Nato and the European Commission and Council, arrived in Paris reeling from a historic week. Continue reading...

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