German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was in the wrong for not attending Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, and pledged to slap fresh sanctions on Moscow.
The talks are beginning on Friday and mark the first time the (...)
Ukraine and Russia began their meeting in Istanbul on Friday, the first attempt at a ceasefire negotiation in a format that also includes representatives of the US and Turkey.
The head of Ukraine's delegation Rustem Umerov said the Kyiv team already (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not among the names listed by the Kremlin as being due to attend peace talks on the war in Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday, despite calls from Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky for him to attend.
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Svitlana says her daughter loved her school in Poland.
"Even when we moved to another area, she didn't want to change schools," says the 31-year-old Ukrainian mother. "She liked it so much. There was no bullying."
Now she says the atmosphere at the (...)
The European Union has agreed to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia, threatening to slap on another one if the country continues to refuse the 30-day unconditional ceasefire proposed by the White House and the "Coalition of the (...)
Russia launched ten drones at Ukraine overnight, all of which were shot down by Ukraine's air defense units, the Ukrainian air force confirmed on Tuesday.
The attack came after Germany threatened Russia with new, tougher sanctions should it not (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "personally" in Istanbul on Thursday for talks over ending the war.
His post on X came shortly after Donald Trump demanded Ukraine agree to Putin's (...)
The White House announced Sunday that it has reached a trade agreement with China following two days of high-level negotiations in Switzerland, though no specific terms have yet been disclosed and Beijing has not commented on the development.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed resuming direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul starting May 15, saying Russia is ready to negotiate without preconditions.
Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Putin announced plans to (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday welcomed Russia's offer to resume direct peace talks, but said a full and temporary ceasefire must be in place before any negotiations can begin.
In a post on X, Zelenskyy described Russian President (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and the broader situation in the Palestinian territories.
The meeting took place during (...)
Ukraine and its allies said Saturday they are ready for a "full, unconditional ceasefire" with Russia starting Monday, calling on Moscow to accept a 30-day truce aimed at launching peace negotiations to end the nearly three-year war.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video address for the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, recorded in selfie mode as he walked down Kyiv's bustling central Khreschatyk street.
"This day reminds us of an important pattern: (...)
A slew of flight delays and diversions at Moscow airports affected thousands of travelers yet again on Wednesday following another Ukrainian drone attack.
Days before the Victory Day parade in the Russian capital — one of the largest public holidays (...)
A three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that was unilaterally declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month has come into effect, as Russia prepares to mark the anniversary of its World War II Victory Day on Friday.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping was welcomed by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Thursday as part of a four-day state visit, as Moscow's all-out war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year, goes on.
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Joe Biden has told the BBC that pressure from the Trump administration on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is "modern-day appeasement" in an exclusive interview, his first since leaving the White House.
Speaking in Delaware on Monday, he said (...)
Russia says Ukraine has launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow for the second night in a row.
All four of the capital's major airports were closed for several hours to ensure safety but later reopened, Russia's aviation watchdog (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Moscow has not needed to resort to nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine and expressed hope that such measures will remain unnecessary.
In excerpts from an upcoming documentary interview with (...)
More than half of all EU countries intend to make use of an exemption allowing them to go over budgetary limits in order to boost military spending, the European Council has said.
The European Commission proposed earlier this year that members could (...)
The US has signed a deal with Kyiv to share profits from the future sale of Ukraine's mineral reserves, after months of tense negotiations.
The two countries have agreed to establish a reconstruction investment fund to spur Ukraine's economic (...)
The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza and military tensions spike from Europe to Asia.
The 9.4% year-on-year rise to $2.718 trillion in (...)
US President Donald Trump has said he thinks his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky is willing to give up Crimea to Russia as part of a peace deal — despite Kyiv's previous rejections of any such proposal.
Asked if he thought the Ukrainian (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has said the ceasefire will run from the morning of 8 May until the 11 May — which coincides with victory celebrations to mark the end of World (...)
A man arrested on suspiction of killing a Russian general with a car bomb has pleased guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said on Sunday.
Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of (...)
