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Siberia-Alaska link could ‘unlock’ resources and be built with Elon Musk’s The Boring Company, says Kirill Dmitriev. A Kremlin envoy has proposed building an undersea tunnel linking the United States and Russia, suggesting it could be built with the help of US billionaire Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. Kremlin investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said that […]
United States President Donald Trump has said he is ready to sanction Russia, but only if all NATO allies agree to completely halt purchases of Russian oil and impose their own sanctions on Russia to pressure it to end its more than three-year war in Ukraine. “I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia […]
Countries in the “Coalition of the Willing”, a group of Ukraine’s allies, have just been briefed on the talks between European leaders and US President Donald Trump held at the White House yesterday, according to Finland’s President Alexander Stubb. Here’s what different leaders have said so far: Finland: “The meeting helped to ensure that all […]
Trump-Putin summit live: Leaders arrive in Alaska for Russia-Ukraine talks Al Jazeera Source link
In an interview with Fox News this morning, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said “it’s really a just peace that I think we’re all looking at.” Dunleavy, a Republican, added that it’s “a great idea for the president to meet Putin” and that it “makes sense” for the meeting to take place in Alaska given their location. “In terms of the […]
For Ukraine, the timing was dreadful. Days before the Alaska summit, Russia made a breakthrough in the eastern Donetsk region, near the strategic city of Pokrovsk. The advance included a new Russian tactic: sending small groups of troops – often just five to 10 soldiers – to try to pierce Ukraine’s increasingly porous defenses. On […]
United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine. On Wednesday, following a virtual meeting with European leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump warned of “severe consequences” if Putin refuses to accept a ceasefire after more […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived on Wednesday in Berlin for a virtual summit with European officials and United States President Donald Trump, convened by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The call was meant to bring European leaders together with Trump before the planned August 15 Alaska meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Those on […]
China’s President Xi Jinping has told Russia’s Vladimir Putin he is pleased to see Moscow maintain contact with the United States to advance a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis. The remarks during a phone call between the two leaders on Friday come after the Kremlin said President Putin would meet US President Donald Trump […]
Top United States diplomatic negotiator Steve Witkoff visited Moscow on Wednesday in a last-ditch push to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine before an August 8 deadline set by President Donald Trump. After Witkoff’s meeting with Putin, the White House said that Russia had sought a meeting with Trump. […]