Vladimir Putin has been accused of trying to distract attention from his “heinous” atrocities after Russia claimed the UK and France are plotting to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon or “dirty bomb”. On the fourth anniversary of the Russian president’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer hit out at Putin for blocking the…
Talks to end the war in Ukraine have made “a lot of progress” and are “down to one issue” between Kyiv and Moscow, US special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Thursday ahead of a trip to Russia. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (HT File Photo) “I think we’ve got it down…
US President Donald Trump said that he was “very angry” and it was “not the right time” after Russia accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence on Monday. While Moscow vowed retaliation, Kyiv dismissed the claims as baseless and said they were designed to undermine the peace negotiations. Trump said that he…
new video loaded: Trump and Zelensky Meet to Finalize Peace Plan transcript Back transcript Trump and Zelensky Meet to Finalize Peace Plan President Trump said a peace deal was “maybe very close” after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. A joint U.S.-Ukraine proposal appeared to remain a work in progress as Russia rejected several…
Donald Trump prompted an incredulous laugh from Volodymyr Zelensky with a bizarre claim about Vladimir Putin’s intentions in Ukraine. Trump, 79, met with Zelensky, 47, at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday to discuss a peace deal to end the war with Russia. At a post-meeting press conference, the leaders said progress had been made but gave little…
Volodymyr Zelensky shut down Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago touting following their Sunday meeting on the war in Ukraine at the Palm Beach resort. Trump, 79, was apparently keen to impress Zelensky, 47, with his opulent mansion as the leaders discussed a potential peace deal to end Russia’s war against its neighbor. At the end of a…
Dec. 20 (UPI) — Officials for the European Union have agreed to loan $105 billon to Ukraine to help it stay financially solvent over the next two years amid Russian attacks in the Odesa region. The money is in lieu of an allocation to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets equal to nearly $246 billion and…
European Union members have observed an uptick in China’s support for Russia, multiple sources said, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine prepares to drag into its fourth year. Officials are parsing evidence of an increase in battlefield weapons being shipped from China to Russia, to add to the well-documented flow of goods with dual civilian and…
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…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said four people have died so far in overnight strikes by Russia, with Kyiv the primary target, and dozens more were wounded, including children and a pregnant woman. Zelensky called it a “wicked attack” that comprised around 430 drones and 18 missiles. “This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing…