32 h. ago Russia's use of its hypersonic missile in western Ukraine is seen as a warning to Kyiv's allies

Russia has used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as peace talks are in a crucial stage

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4 d. ago Greenland PM says European support is important amid Trump takeover bid 

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments from Paris where Ukraine's allies meet for talks about the country's security and a potential ceasefire with Russia.

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4 d. ago Trump declares US has world's most 'lethal military' as Europe hits back over Greenland plans: Live updates

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments from Paris where Ukraine's allies meet for talks about the country's security and a potential ceasefire with Russia.

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4 d. ago Europe tells Trump to back off Greenland as leaders sign off on 'binding commitment' to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks: Live updates

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments from Paris where Ukraine's allies meet for talks about the country's security and a potential ceasefire with Russia.

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4 d. ago Zelensky replaces Ukraine’s security chief ahead of Paris peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has replaced the head of the country's security service as part of a top-level reshuffle

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4 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian strikes kill two and trigger hospital fire ahead of Paris peace talks

Overnight attacks trigger evacuations ‘under fire’ at Kyiv medical facility while European leaders gather to seek peace plan breakthrough. What we know on day 1,413Russian strikes on Ukraine early on Monday killed two people and forced night-time evacuations into freezing temperatures, a day ahead of Ukrainian allies meeting in France to revive diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting. Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will attend the Paris meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” on Tuesday – being hosted by French president Emmanuel Macron – to discuss security guarantees as part of a peace proposal. Russia’s overnight strikes triggered a fire at a private medical facility in Kyiv, killing one person and wounding three others, authorities said. “Doctors and nurses were forced to evacuate the wounded under fire,” Ukraine’s prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, said on X. The attack also killed a man in his 70s in the neighbouring city of Fastiv, ...

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5 d. ago Zelenskyy replaces Ukraine's security chief ahead of Paris talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has replaced the head of the country's security service as part of a top-level reshuffle

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6 d. ago Drone strike kills 1 in Russian border region ahead of Ukraine peace talks

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded two others, including a 4-year-old child, in Russia’s Belgorod region on Sunday, officials said, ahead of peace talks in Paris this week

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine will fight on if peace talks fail, Zelenskyy vows

Ukraine’s top allies hold security talks in Kyiv; Russia condemns US attack on Venezuela. What we know on day 1,411The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says he hopes for a leaders’ summit in the US by the end of January to discuss proposals on how to end the war with Russia. Security advisers from Ukraine’s top allies met in Kyiv on Saturday for talks on a US-brokered plan to end the war, days after Kyiv announced a deal was “90%” ready. Officials from 15 countries including the UK, France and Germany as well as representatives from Nato and the EU joined the meeting. The US special envoy Steve Witkoff also joined virtually, a Ukrainian official said, although the US military attack on Venezuela earlier in the day overshadowed proceedings.Next week, the talks will continue during a European leaders’ meeting in Paris and then with US negotiators. “And after that we will be preparing for a meeting in the United States at the leadership level. We would like all of this to happ...

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7 d. ago Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall

The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflictThe overthrow and reported capture by invading US forces of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s hardline socialist president, will send a shiver of fear and consternation around the world. The coup is illegal, unprovoked and regionally and globally destabilising. It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Venezuela itself.It is chaos made policy. But this is the world we now live in – the world according to Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Russia says Ukrainian drone strike kills 24 in occupied Ukraine as tensions grow amid peace talks

Russian officials say that a Ukrainian attack killed 24 people in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks

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9 d. ago US intel says Ukraine did not target Putin's home with drones despite claims by Russian leader

Moscow threatened to pull out of peace talks earlier this week after accusing Kyiv of attempting to assassinate the Russian leader.

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9 d. ago Trump riffed on Ukraine’s ‘beautiful’ women during peace talks and called former Miss Ukraine to speak with Zelensky, report says

Trump’s side conversation about Ukrainian women ultimately lowered the ‘temperature’ of peace talks with Zelensky, an official claimed

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1 week ago Vladimir Putin orders armies to invade two more European territories in New Year

With peace talks no closer to completion, Vladimir Putin has ordered new land seizures as Russia attempts to take hold of more Ukrainian territory in the New Year

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1 week ago Putin raises stakes in peace talks with boast of Oreshnik missiles in Belarus

Russia says its ally is hosting intermediate-range weapons a day after accusing Ukraine of drone attack on Putin’s house

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1 week ago Russia refuses to offer proof of 'Ukrainian attack on Putin's residence' because 'every drone was shot down'

It comes after Moscow threatened to pull out of peace talks last night after accusing Kyiv of attempting to assassinate the Russian leader.

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1 week ago Trump says he is 'very angry' about Russian claims Ukraine attacked Putin's home, telling reporters 'it's not the right time to do any of that'

The dramatic twist preceded an hour-long phone call between the Russian and US presidents, the second in recent days.

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says Kyiv cannot win without US support as Putin orders advance in Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainian president calls latest talks with Trump productive; Zelenskyy says attack on Putin’s residence is ‘lies’. What we know on day 1,406Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine cannot win its war against Russia without US support and accused Moscow of trying to sabotage peace talks after the Kremlin said it had foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence. Zelenskyy described the claim as “typical Russian lies” after his two-hour meeting on Sunday with Donald Trump in Florida, Luke Harding and Sammy Gecsoyler report. The Ukrainian president said Russia was “at it again” and using “dangerous statements” to undermine “diplomatic efforts” with the US to end the conflict. He added: “This alleged ‘residence strike’ story is a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, as well as Russia’s own refusal to take necessary steps to end the war.”Zelenskyy later said his Sunday meeting with Trump was productive. “Can we win with...

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1 week ago Russia may pull out of peace talks over Kyiv's 'blitz on Putin mansion'... but Zelensky says there was no attack

The dramatic twist preceded an hour-long phone call between the Russian and US presidents, the second in recent days.

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1 week ago Cracks in Trump’s peace plan as Ukraine accuses Russia of lies over ‘attack on Putin residence’

Russia said it would revise its response to peace talks after claiming Ukraine had attacked Vladimir Putin’s forest retreat – an allegation dismissed by Volodymyr Zelensky as ‘lies’

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