Putin, Vladimir
British and US leaders, including the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, and the US vice-president, JD Vance, will hold a critical meeting with Ukrainian and European partners in Britain on Saturday to discuss the war in Ukraine. The meeting comes as US President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian
Putin, Vladimir
European leaders, including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelensky, have forcefully rejected the idea of Ukraine giving up any territory to Russia in exchange for peace. The stance comes as US President Donald Trump has suggested "land swaps" could be a key feature of a peace deal
Zelenskyy, Volodymyr
European leaders, including British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the leaders of France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland, and the European Commission, have issued a joint statement rejecting Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands on Ukraine's territorial integrity. The statement comes as US President Donald Trump prepares
Trump, Donald
Russian leader Vladimir Putin will hold talks with US President Donald Trump as early as next week, with the Kremlin suggesting the meeting could take place in the United Arab Emirates. The announcement comes a day after Putin met Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow for productive
Putin, Vladimir
US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska, amid a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. The announcement comes as a deadline for Russia to make peace with Ukraine or face severe economic punishment passed on Friday. Ukraine&
Trump, Donald
US President Donald Trump indicated that there is a "good chance" he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following talks between his envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin. This comes as the US is set to impose secondary sanctions on Russia on Friday to
Putin, Vladimir
Former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace has expressed concern that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could be "strong-armed" by US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during upcoming peace talks. The British official believes that a European power, such as Britain or France, should be present at
Trump, Donald
President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday for about three hours in a last-ditch effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Ukraine. No details of an outcome were announced, but Trump later described the meeting as "highly
Zelenskyy, Volodymyr
Fighting Ukrainian rescuers continued to recover bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in Kyiv overnight, bringing the death toll from Thursday's attack by Russia to 31. A two-year-old was among five children found dead, and 159 people were injured. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the end
European Union
The European Union's decision to withhold EUR 1.5 billion from Ukraine's planned EUR 4.5 billion tranche of aid has sparked concerns about the country's domestic policy under President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The move, aimed at enforcing good governance standards, is a significant shift
European Union
The recent passage of a bill in Ukraine's parliament has placed two independent anti-corruption watchdogs, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Office (SAPO), under the control of the Prosecutor General, a political appointee. This move has sparked outrage both domestically and abroad,
Zelenskyy, Volodymyr
Fierce fighting rages on in the eastern part of Ukraine, with Russian forces capturing several villages, including Zvirove and Novoekonomichne, near the logistics hub of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian forces, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are continuing to resist, with the top commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, describing six sectors as among the most
