Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world President Donald Trump will abandon attempts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine within a “matter of days” unless he sees clear signs a deal is possible, the top US diplomat…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday in St. Petersburg about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine as Trump told Russia to “get moving”. Putin was shown on state TV greeting Witkoff in St. Petersburg’s presidential library at the start of the negotiations and…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will have contact with Russia on Wednesday regarding the agreement reached with Ukraine on a 30-day ceasefire and steps towards ending the war there. There has been no official response from Moscow since the US-Ukraine talks concluded in Saudi Arabia after more than eight hours,…
Russia said on Tuesday that its troops had made major new gains in its western region of Kursk, accelerating their push to drive out Ukrainian forces who have been clinging to a slice of Russian territory since last August. According to the Defence Ministry, Russia had recaptured a dozen settlements and more than 100 square…
(Bloomberg) — The euro gained in early trading with Eastern European currencies as the region’s leaders scrambled to offer Ukraine their support amid concerns of a US pullback. Most Read from Bloomberg The common currency rose 0.4% against the dollar, outperforming major peers. The Polish zloty and Romanian leu also climbed. European equity futures pointed…
Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to be presented to the United States. This was disclosed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday. This is coming as Starmer prepares to host a summit of European leaders to discuss ending the war between Ukraine and Russia The summit has…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe’s participation in Ukraine peace talks will be needed eventually but Moscow first wants to build trust with Washington. Putin made this statement on Monday, adding that a deal to end the conflict may still be far off. As Ukraine on Monday marked the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion that…
Russia on Tuesday opposed the presence of troops from North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO countries in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed the idea that NATO member forces could act as peacekeepers under any ceasefire agreement, calling it unacceptable. Speaking to reporters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Lavrov stated: “The appearance of armed forces from…
A Russian strike has left five civilians killed, including a pregnant teenager. Also about 55 people were said to have been injured in the strike on Tuesday in the town of Izium in Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region. The city council building was also partially destroyed according to officials. The governor, Ole Syniehubov, said a ballistic…
The meeting between President Donald Trump of the United States, US, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin is being delayed due to lack of “signals”. This was disclosed by the spokesman of Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov on Monday. Trump and Putin had expressed readiness for a meeting but neither side has indicated when it would hold….
