4 h. ago Zelenskiy says he is willing to quit presidency if it means peace in Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he was willing to give up his position if it meant peace in Ukraine, adding that he could exchange his departure for his country’s entry into the NATO military alliance. “If (it means) peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, I am ready,” […]

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15 h. ago Trump’s criticisms of EU create mounting fiscal policy challenges

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance of the new US administration have recently levelled pointed criticisms on the policies and democratic values of Europe. They have criticised European states for not spending enough on defence and implying that in the event of a peace settlement of the Russian-Ukraine war, Europe would have to […]

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4 d. ago Macron and Starmer head to Washington for Ukraine crisis talks

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington next week, amid other meetings aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Wednesday. Asked about the chances of reaching a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, Waltz told Fox News in an interview: “We’re engaging on all sides, […]

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4 d. ago Trump tells ‘dictator’ Zelenskiy to move fast for peace or lose his country

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” and said he better move fast to secure a peace or he would have no country left. Trump spoke hours after Zelenskiy hit back at his suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was […]

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6 d. ago UK PM Starmer says US must provide security guarantee for Ukraine to deter Russia

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that there must be a US security commitment for European countries to send postwar peacekeeping forces to Ukraine and it was too early to say how many British troops he would be willing to deploy. “Europe must play its role and I’m prepared to consider committing British […]

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6 d. ago US Ukraine envoy Kellogg says no one will impose peace deal on Zelenskiy

Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy, said on Monday that no one would impose a peace deal on Kyiv and that questions about whether Washington would provide guarantees for any future European peacekeepers would be addressed later. Senior US officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio – but not Kellogg – are due […]

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6 d. ago UK offers Ukraine peacekeeping troops as European resolve hardens

The Europeans were holding an emergency summit in Paris to discuss their role in Ukraine’s future after President Donald Trump’s U.S. administration, Kyiv’s main military backer, announced it would sit down with Russia to seek an end to thethree-year-old war. Russia has ruled out conceding territory. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s comments on Sunday reflect […]

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