10 h. ago Ukraine peace talks stretch into second day at start of pivotal week for Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy resumed talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in Berlin on Monday, after the U.S. side said a “lot of progress” had been made on ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. Zelenskiy again met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner after five hours of talks on […]

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57 h. ago US and Ukraine to discuss ceasefire in Berlin before European summit

Germany will host U.S. and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine, before a summit with European leaders and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Berlin on Monday, a German official said. A U.S. official said President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were travelling to Germany for talks […]

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3 d. ago Kremlin suggests it may not like new Ukraine peace proposals after recent US

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that Moscow has not seen revised U.S. proposals made after the most recent talks with Ukraine, but that it may not like parts of them. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Kyiv had agreed on key points of a post-war reconstruction plan in talks with […]

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5 d. ago Zelenskiy says he discussed with Ukrainian parliament ways of holding election

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had discussed with Ukraine’s parliament legal and other issues linked to the possibility of holding an election and urged other countries, including the United States, not to apply pressure on the issue. “If partners, including our key partner in Washington, speak so much and so specifically about elections […]

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7 d. ago Ukraine to share revised peace plan with U.S. on Tuesday, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine will share a revised peace plan with the U.S. on Tuesday aimed at ending Russia’s war, after talks in London between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France, Germany and Britain. As the war nears its four-year mark, Kyiv, under pressure from the White House to agree quickly to a peace settlement, wants […]

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7 d. ago Zelenskiy says no accord so far on eastern Ukraine in US talks, Bloomberg News reports

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiators remain split over territorial concessions in a US-brokered peace plan, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a phone interview with Zelenskiy. Elements of the US proposal require further discussion on “sensitive issues,” including security guarantees for Ukraine and control of its eastern territories, according to the report. “There are […]

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8 d. ago Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cabinet reshuffle appointed party affiliated mediocrities

HOW BIZARRE that just a few hours after his return from Kyiv and the meeting with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prezniktwo announced a cabinet reshuffle that completely overshadowed his historic and significant visit, which involved the hardship of a 10-hour train trip each way. The trip went very well but talk that our Prez had […]

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2 w. ago Zelenskiy says ‘tough issues’ still need to be resolved after Florida talks

Tough issues have yet to be resolved after U.S.-Ukrainian talks in Florida, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as he and other Ukrainian officials toured Europe to rally allies and Donald Trump’s envoy headed to Moscow to brief the Kremlin. Intensified diplomacy to end Europe’s deadliest war in generations jumped across the Atlantic on Monday […]

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3 w. ago Trump presses Ukraine for deal as Zelenskiy weighs revised peace plan

The United States and Ukraine were set to continue work on Monday on a plan to end the war with Russia after agreeing to modify an earlier proposal that was widely seen as too favorable to Moscow. The two sides said in a joint statement they had drafted a “refined peace framework” after talks in […]

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3 w. ago Ukraine prepared to give up land, some arms under US peace plan

The U.S. has signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war with Russia that proposes Kyiv giving up territory and some weapons, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The sources, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, said […]

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3 w. ago Zelenskiy says Ukraine will try to restart diplomatic process to end war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine will try to “reactivate” the diplomatic process to end his country’s war with Russia. “It’s important, as this is going on, to feel constant support behind one’s back,” Zelenskiy said at a press conference in Madrid alongside Spain’s Prime Minister. Later on, he said he planned […]

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4 w. ago Ukraine secures US LNG imports from Greece to cover winter needs

Ukraine has secured imports of U.S liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Greece to cover its winter needs from December through to March next year, Greek and Ukrainian officials said on Sunday during a visit to Athens by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Ukraine will import gas via a pipeline that runs across the Balkan peninsula to secure […]

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