Here is the situation on Sunday, March 9 : Fighting Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it had retaken the village of Lebedevka in its western region of Kursk, and taken the village of Novenke, across the border in Ukraine’s Sumy region. Russian special forces were storming the town of Sudzha after using a gas pipeline … Read more
European leaders and other allies met in London on Sunday to discuss support for Ukraine. After a disastrous trip to the United States, Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelenskyy was warmly received in London at a special summit. This was in contrast to the public dressing down he received from US President Donald Trump and his Vice … Read more
A public meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy descended into a spat. A visit that Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelenskyy hoped would secure US support in the face of Russia’s invasion, instead ended in a very public argument. The meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House was supposed to be about signing … Read more
Experts debate the future of Ukraine as the US warms up to Russia and US-European relations shift. United States President Donald Trump’s administration flipped the script on US-Europe relations in February. European officials were berated for being antidemocratic and were told their involvement was not needed in ending the Ukraine war. Meanwhile, US and Russian … Read more
Donald Trump launches tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The new US administration has revealed a stunning reversal of US policy on the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart of misleading the US into spending billions of dollars on a war that could not be won. He also blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for … Read more
Ukrainian and European Union leaders not invited to Russia-US talks in Riyadh. High-level US and Russian delegates have met in Saudi Arabia’s capital to discuss the war in Ukraine – the first meeting of its kind in three years. But Ukrainian and European Union leaders weren’t invited. President Vladimir Putin seems to have already divided … Read more
The US president is reaching across the divide and says Russia and Ukraine both want peace. “This is the beginning of the end.” That’s the message the United States president is sending to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine. Donald Trump seems confident a deal can be struck to bring a permanent end to the … Read more
Political scientist John Mearsheimer argues that Trump can’t ethnically cleanse Gaza or resolve the Ukraine War. Despite the rhetoric, US President Donald Trump will not be able to ethnically cleanse Gaza nor resolve the Ukraine war, argues University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer. Mearsheimer tells host Steve Clemons that Arab governments fear “the risk … Read more
US President Donald Trump ramps up diplomatic pressure to end the war. Russia and Ukraine are still attacking each other’s territory – with no sign of a letup on the battlefield. But the return of Donald Trump as US president is creating new pressure on both sides to end the war. Is that likely? Presenter: … Read more
Here are the key developments on the 1,033rd day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Monday, December 23: Fighting: More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Monday. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its … Read more