US President Donald Trump on Friday played down suggestions that Washington could launch a dramatic operation against Russian President Vladimir Putin similar to the raid that led to the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, saying such a move was “not necessary” even as he voiced deep disappointment over the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump…
War-torn Ukraine, where last elections were held in 2019, is ready to hold fresh polls given that security can be assured, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday after his United States counterpart Donald Trump said in an interview on Monday that war in Ukraine is being used to not hold an election. Zelensky’s remarks…
A BRITISH soldier has been killed in a “tragic accident” while watching local troops train with new weapons in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence has said. The MoD announced the sad news on its official social media channels today. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! A British soldier has died in Ukraine in…
The issue of territory is still the ‘most problematic’ in peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, an official familiar with the negotiations told news agency AFP. They said that Russian President Putin does not wish to enter into an agreement without territory, amid pressure from the US to reach an agreement. Earlier on Sunday,…
US President Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was “really close” and now depended on resolving two main outstanding issues: the future of Ukraine’s Donbas region and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The two main outstanding issues, Kellogg said, were on territory – primarily the future of the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given a strict warning about the Ukraine war, saying that Moscow will only end the operation “after achieving its goals”. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during an interview at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday,(AP) In an interview with India Today, Putin criticised the West, saying that Russia did not…
Published on: Dec 04, 2025 02:28 pm IST Putin’s remarks come after a marathon meeting with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as part of the negotiations to end the Ukraine war. Russian President Vladimir Putin said his five-hour talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war in Ukraine were “necessary” and “useful” but also “difficult…
French President Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that France and China must overcome their “differences”, as the two leaders met in Beijing on Thursday. “Sometimes there are differences, but it is our responsibility to overcome them for the greater good,” Macron told Xi during the meeting. The Chinese leader echoed Macron, calling for “more stable”…
The world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as countries’ rising military spending, according to a report released Monday. Twenty-three of the 26 companies in Europe, excluding Russia, saw their…
A former French diplomat has urged Europe and China to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, describing the issue as “the major challenge” facing the two sides. “The Ukraine war is fracturing the dialogue between two parts of the world,” Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, France’s ambassador to China between 2014 and 2017, said in an interview. “It shouldn’t…