After Donald Trump announced his plans to initiate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine following his phone calls with leaders of the respective countries, US Vice President JD Vance met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday and said Washington is targeting a “durable and lasting peace” in Ukraine. … Read more
Munich: US Vice President JD Vance met Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in Munich on Friday for crunch talks on ending Russia’s war, as Kyiv insisted it wanted to hammer out a joint plan with Washington. The sit-down in Germany was seen as a key moment for Kyiv as it seeks to keep Washington on its side … Read more
At 2:02 am tonight, the deserted Chernobyl Nuclear Plant was struck by a drone, which Ukraine claims was Russian, damaging a cover intended to stop the radiation from the 1986 nuclear disaster. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “This is a terrorist threat to the entire world.” The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched over 100 … Read more
Kyiv: Ukraine’s presidency said Thursday that Kyiv did not expect to take part in talks with Russian officials at the Munich security conference, as announced by US President Donald Trump. “A common position (with allies) must be on the table for a conversation with the Russians. For the moment there is nothing on the table. … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Kyiv will be “part of” negotiations on ending Russia’s brutal three-year-old war in Ukraine. Trump spoke a day after he announced plans to begin peace talks, following separate telephone calls Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said he is convinced … Read more
Ukraine earlier claimed that it controlled almost 1,400 square kilometres. Kyiv: Ukraine conceded Thursday that it was holding barely a third of the territory in Russia’s western Kursk region that it initially captured during a shock offensive last year — land Kyiv hopes it can exchange with Russia. “Today we have our own security zone … Read more
Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday he expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders. In their first confirmed contact since Trump’s return to the White House, the US president said … Read more
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not think it was practical for Ukraine to join NATO and that it was unlikely Ukraine will get back all of its land. Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in … Read more
Donald Trump said he will hold a first meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. Washington: US President Donald Trump said he will hold a first meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia as he pushes for an end to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We’ll meet in Saudi Arabia,” Trump told … Read more
Washington DC: Signalling an American policy shift favouring Moscow, US President Donald Trump has floated the idea that Ukraine “may be Russian someday”. This came days before his vice-president JD Vance was set to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Nearly three years after the Kremlin invaded Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin’s forces are making steady progress … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he has talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported late on Saturday. In an interview aboard Air Force One on Friday Trump said that he had “better not say,” when asked how … Read more
The leaders of Ukraine and Russia signaled that their previous refusal to talk to each other has softened, following US President Donald Trump’s promise to end Moscow’s full-scale invasion. In an interview late Tuesday with television host Piers Morgan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his preparedness to talk to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to … Read more