The United States and Russia quarrelled in public on Wednesday over the intensifying Ukraine war after US president Donald Trump warned that President Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” and Moscow massed 50,000 troops near a Ukrainian region. While world leaders bicker over the prospects for peace, the deadliest conflict in Europe since the second … Read more
President Donald Trump has made it clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, levelling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leader as Moscow pounded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third-straight night. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has … Read more
Russia carried out its largest aerial attack on Ukraine, shattering any hopes that a record prisoner exchange completed on Sunday could lead to a cessation of hostilities. At least 12 people were killed and dozens more injured in the overnight attack, which the Ukrainian air force said was the single-largest aerial assault of the war … Read more
Russia has launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv, injuring 15 people in one of the biggest assaults on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the war more than three years ago. The attack came in waves, with Russia launching 14 ballistic missiles and 250 drones in the early hours of Saturday, … Read more
Donald Trump said on Monday that Russia and Ukraine would begin negotiations “immediately” on preparations for peace talks, but added that he was leaving Moscow and Kyiv to find a deal without the US as a broker. After a two-hour call with Vladimir Putin, Mr Trump posted that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations … Read more
Russia launched on Sunday its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, destroying homes and killing at least one woman a day before US president Donald Trump is due to discuss a proposed ceasefire with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. [ Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine warOpens … Read more
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for stronger sanctions on Moscow after a Russian drone killed nine bus passengers in northeastern Ukraine just hours after the two countries held their first peace talks in three years of war. The meeting of Russian and Ukrainian officials in Turkey on Friday failed to broker a temporary … Read more
Talks between Ukraine and Russia ended on Friday with an agreement on swapping thousands of war prisoners, but without making any progress on a lasting ceasefire due to Moscow’s maximalist territorial demands. The US and Turkey-brokered discussions in Istanbul, the first in three years, wrapped up after just two hours. US president Donald Trump had … Read more
Russian president Vladimir Putin sent a second-tier team of aides and deputy ministers to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday, spurning Kyiv’s challenge to go there in person to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Mr Putin’s no-show plunged prospects for the talks – which would be the first since the early weeks of … Read more
Ukraine and the United States have signed a deal heavily promoted by US president Donald Trump that will involve sharing profits and royalties from future sales of Ukrainian minerals and rare earths and help fund Ukraine’s reconstruction. The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty persisting until … Read more