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CNN — US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held crunch war talks in the heart of the Vatican minutes before the start of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, as the White House mounts an increasingly urgent push to strike a peace deal in Ukraine.
CNN — President Donald Trump slammed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday for his comments that Ukraine wouldn’t recognize Russian control of Crimea, calling the remarks “very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia.” “It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy . . .
CNN — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London on Wednesday aimed at working toward an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Kyiv signaled it would reject a key detail of the Trump administration’s proposal to end the three-year conflict.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio decided on Tuesday to skip the next stage of the Ukrainian cease-fire talks, while Ukraine rebuffed one of President Trump’s key proposals for a deal that would halt the fighting with Russia. Negotiators from the United States, Europe and Ukraine will still meet in London on Wednesday to continue hammering […]
Screenshot The war in Ukraine will end at the end of 2025, the IMF reports, which has updated its baseline forecast. At the same time, the IMF has worsened its economic growth forecast for Ukraine for 2025 by 0.5 percentage points. The forecast for 2026 has also been reduced by 0.8 points. Another batch of […]
Jeremy Bowen International Editor in Paris Watch: BBC asks Zelensky about Russian conditions for a ceasefire deal Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes the US will “stand strong” in the face of Russian demands to lift sanctions as a condition for a ceasefire in the Black Sea. Moscow said a maritime truce announced […]
EU will maintain sanctions on Russia despite Moscow asking US for relief The European Union will likely continue to sanction Russia for its war on Ukraine even as Moscow is seeking concessions from western nations as precondition for ceasefire over Black Sea. Any sanction Russia wants removed will only be done in the event Russian […]
US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a “very good” hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Zelensky said afterwards that he believed that “lasting peace can be achieved this year” under Trump’s leadership. Possible US ownership of Ukraine’s nuclear power […]
Ukraine must be included in all future negotiations regarding steps to end Russia’s full-scale war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a virtual press conference on March 18. Zelensky’s comments followed a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who discussed the possibilities of a temporary ceasefire. Afterwards, Washington and Moscow […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, working to repair his strained relationship with the United States and secure a favorable deal to end his country’s war with Russia, was scheduled to meet on Monday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia. The meeting between Mr. Zelensky and Prince Mohammed, the de facto Saudi leader, […]