The US president says he is disappointed in Russia’s Putin as he shortens a 50-day deadline he set this month. United States President Donald Trump has set a new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to end its war in Ukraine, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for prolonging the conflict. … Read more
US president’s remarks follow report saying he encouraged Kyiv to step up strikes inside Russian territory. United States President Donald Trump has said Ukraine should not target Moscow after he reportedly asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Kyiv could strike the Russian capital if he provided long-range weaponry. Trump made the comments after The Financial Times on … Read more
On Monday Trump proposed a plan whereby NATO allies would finance the purchase of Patriot missile defense systems and other weapons for Ukraine. Trump said the weapons, worth “billions of dollars,” will be built by the U.S. defense industry and paid for by European countries. Trump made the announcement during an Oval Office meeting with … Read more
CNN — Ukraine’s Security Service said Sunday they had killed Russian special service agents suspected of gunning down a fellow officer in Kyiv earlier this week, saying it believed Russia’s Federal Security Service was responsible. SBU officer Ivan Voronych was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday morning in what authorities told CNN was an apparent … Read more
Rubio and Lavrov ‘confirmed their mutual desire to find peaceful solutions to conflicts’, Russian Foreign Ministry says. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have held rare face-to-face talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting in Malaysia, discussing the war in Ukraine, as well as developments in Iran and … Read more
US president says Ukraine must be able to defend itself and is ‘getting hit very hard’. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration will send more weapons to Ukraine after an earlier decision to halt some arms shipments drew condemnation from Kyiv and its supporters. Speaking to reporters ahead of a dinner with … Read more
Meanwhile, the recent conflict between Israel and Iran has complicated Ukraine’s position, with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump moving to the Middle East some of the unmanned aerial defense systems it had given Ukraine to counter Russia’s air assaults. Moscow’s attack on Dnipro came only a day after it killed 9 people and … Read more
Attacks have intensified again while Russian forces gain more territory. Attacks by both Russia and Ukraine have intensified in recent weeks, with little sign that Europe’s largest conflict since World War II is nearing an end. So, what are the strengths and weaknesses of each side and their alliances? And what are the chances of … Read more
A view shows a damaged apartment building in a residential complex in south-western Moscow on May 29, 2025, following a reported Ukrainian drone attack. – | Afp | Getty Images A Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow forced the closure of two of the key airports serving the capital, Russian authorities said early on Sunday. Russia air … Read more
One of the most intense attacks to hit Kharkivpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 08:02 BST Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent, reporting from Kyiv Image source, Reuters This may not have been the deadliest attack on Kharkiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion, but it was certainly one of the most intense. According to the mayor, around 50 drones, … Read more