Charlevoix: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet his Canadian counterpart at a G7 gathering Thursday, but discussion of American annexation threats has been ruled off-limits at talks expected to be dominated by efforts to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine. Rubio arrived in the town of Charlevoix on the banks of the … Read more
Washington: Ukraine said it would support Washington’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after what Kyiv said were ‘milestone’ talks during which the United States agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. After more than eight hours of negotiations with Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of … Read more
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday backed the United States’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but said Washington needed to persuade Russia to accept it. His comments came after US and Ukrainian officials concluded lengthy talks in Saudi Arabia, in which Washington agreed to resume intelligence sharing with Kyiv and mooted a … Read more
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hopes Russia will agree to a ceasefire plan. Washington: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hopes Russia will agree to a ceasefire plan drawn up by American and Ukrainian officials and that there will be a U.S. meeting with Russia later Tuesday or Wednesday. In remarks to reporters, … Read more
US officials, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Ukrainian officials, led by Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy – Andriy Yermak have started their talks in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah. Yermak said on Tuesday that discussions with the US delegation in the Saudi port city of Jeddah had begun … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with Russia. Highly anticipated negotiations on Tuesday on resolving the three-year conflict will see US and Ukrainian officials meet for the first time since Zelensky’s … Read more
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an ironic quip on Sunday about his choice not to wear a suit to the White House, where he faced a dressing-down from Donald Trump. In a video released by the presidency, Zelensky, a former actor and comedian, thanked the audience at the end of his speech at an … Read more
Washington, DC: Days after calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “evil” for pushing what he called a “forever war” with Russia, American billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday warned that the entire frontline of Kyiv’s defence system will collapse if he “turned off” his Starlink satellite internet system, which has been vital in maintaining the military communications. … Read more
Kyiv: At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded, including five children, in Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s eastern city of Dobropillia overnight, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Russian forces attacked Dobropillia with ballistic missiles, multiple rockets, and drones, causing damage to eight multi-storey buildings and 30 vehicles, according to … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine said on Wednesday it planned to hold new talks with the United States after Washington suspended its intelligence sharing, delivering a fresh blow to Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been scrambling to contain the fallout from his explosive meeting with Donald Trump last week, in which … Read more
Kyiv: US President Donald Trump has halted military shipments to Ukraine, days after a heated, televised exchange with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. The decision could leave thousands of civilians in Ukraine defenceless against Russia’s missile attacks. It has also led to concerns in Kyiv about how to fill the gap left by a global … Read more
Sydney: New Zealand’s foreign minister Winston Peters said on Thursday he had sacked the country’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, after he made comments seen as critical of United States President Donald Trump. Phil Goff made the comments at a forum in London on Tuesday that appeared to question Trump’s grasp of history, contrasting the … Read more