KYIV — Poland and NATO allies mobilized fighter planes and put ground forces on high alert early on October 5, as Kyiv said Russia had launched a new wave of aerial attacks across Ukraine, including on the Lviv region, near the Polish border, killing at least five people. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in…
Ukraine urged China to pressure Vladimir Putin to move toward peace as the Russian president arrived in Beijing following his participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit — where he defended the war that has killed tens of thousands of people. “Given the significant geopolitical role of the People’s Republic of China, we would…
KYIV — Amid the dust, the rescue workers, and the diggers, Mykola is lucky to be alive. The five-story apartment block he called home was reduced to rubble the previous day in a Russian strike that killed 22 of his neighbors, including four children. Speaking to RFE/RL’s Current Time on August 29, he recalled being…
US President Donald Trump again played down the likelihood of a quick meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian leaders and raised the possibility of new sanctions on Moscow, although he also said the Ukrainian side is not without blame. “I want to see that [war] end,” Trump told reporters on August 26 at the White…
US President Donald Trump says he will decide his position Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine in the next two weeks and again warned that it could involve sanctions against Russia. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on August 22, he said he wanted to see whether Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
A week after US President Donald Trump laid out the red carpet for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, not much has changed in efforts to bring an end to the fighting in Ukraine. The Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska was followed by talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in Washington that ended with a call…
US President Donald Trump described his Alaska trip as a “great and very successful day” after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 and holding calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders. However, responses in Ukraine were mixed, with some criticizing the red-carpet treatment for Putin, while others expressed cautious hope despite…
Washington appeared to be preparing Kyiv and Moscow for major compromises to end the long, bloody war ahead of a face-to-face meeting of the US and Russian presidents, with US Vice President JD Vance warning that any peace deal will likely leave both sides “unhappy.” “It’s not going to make anybody super happy. Both the…
European leaders on August 9 “firmly” reiterated support for Ukraine after Kyiv pushed back against US suggestions it would need to cede some territory to Russia, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying Ukraine’s future “cannot be decided without the Ukrainians.” “We are convinced that only an approach that combines active diplomacy, support to Ukraine and…
US President Donald Trump says he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 to discuss the war in Ukraine. It will be the first summit of US and Russian presidents since Putin and then-President Joe Biden met in Geneva in June 2021 about six months before relations between Moscow and Washington…