President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t take office for more than two months but he’s already shaping US policy in two major hot spots: Israel and Ukraine. With phone calls to the leaders of both nations, and another expected with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump’s victory — and the possibility he will seek major policy changes —…
Musk’s involvement in the conversation, which took place as Russia maintains its all-out assault on Ukraine, was first reported by Axios on Friday. While a recent Wall Street Journal report stated that Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has publicly opposed aid to Ukraine while spreading pro-Kremlin narratives about…
Elon Musk joined a call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, highlighting the billionaire entrepreneur’s influence within the incoming US administration. Musk was in the room when the call took place, according to the person familiar with the discussion. Trump put the phone on speaker to allow Musk to participate, the person,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump‘s idea for a swift peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia, warning that a rushed agreement would harm Kyiv. Zelensky’s comments came as he addressed journalists in Budapest, where he was attending a European leaders’ summit. Trump, who secured his second presidential term this week,…
China has remained mum about the deployment of thousands of North Korean troops to Russia in recent weeks. The U.S. and its allies view the development, which followed the signing in June of the first Russia-North Korea military agreement since the Cold War, as a dangerous escalation of Vladimir Putin‘s 33-month war against Ukraine and…
Explaining that he hasn’t phoned Trump himself “because the leaders of Western countries were calling me almost every week at some point, and then suddenly they stopped,” Putin added: “If any of them wants to resume contact, I have always said and I want to say again: we have nothing against it.” Asked whether he…
Mr Trump has previously said he will end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day in office, but has provided few details on how he will achieve this. One plan that he is thought to be considering involves using British and European troops to enforce an 800-mile buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies. Ukraine…
Speaking to journalists in Budapest where he was attending a gathering of European leaders, Zelenskyy said that while Ukraine sought a “fair” end to the war, rushing into a ceasefire or a peace deal with Moscow would lead to a bad outcome for Kyiv. “He [Trump] wants this war to be finished,” Zelenskyy said through…
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election and said he’s ready to hold discussions with the new American leader. “It seems to me, it deserves attention what was said about the desire to restore relations with Russia, to help end the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said late Thursday…
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his recent victory in the US presidential election. “I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the US,” Putin said on Thursday at the annual Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea city of Sochi. “I have already said…