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Former US Vice President Mike Pence has criticised his former boss, President Donald Trump, over the claim that Ukraine started the war with Russia. Pence, who served as Trump’s deputy from 2016 to 2020, stated that Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed the importance of security guarantees for Kyiv in any discussion of a settlement of the nearly three-year-old war against Russia. Writing on X, Zelenskiy said he and Rutte examined contacts with Ukraine's partners and "coordinated…

Russia Washington’s policy-makers showed themselves more wicked and feckless than their Vietnam- and Iraq-era predecessors. Featured in the February 2025 issue (Ralph Alswang/White House Photograph Office via Wikimedia Commons) Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine, by Scott Horton. The Libertarian Institute.…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was living in a Russian-made “disinformation space” and Trump called Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections” in comments that were sure to complicate efforts to end the war. Zelenskyy…

European Council President Antonio Costa (2R) attends a meeting with US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg (2L) at the European Council building in Brussels on February 18, 2025. (Photo: NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP) EU countries on Wednesday agreed a new round of sanctions on Russia as the…

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Trump-Putin meeting could happen as early as this month. His statement came on the heels of Russian Foreign Minister, Segei Lavrov’s meeting with US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio in Riyadh read more Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday (February 19) confirmed that Russian President…

All wars end sometime, somehow. Formally, legally, they need a treaty between the belligerent parties to set out the terms on which the fighting will end and when the post-war period will be conducted. Ukraine is a long way from that point. But the US is trying to get it…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he is counting on pragmatism from the US, after its president denounced him as a "dictator without elections". He also called for courage from his compatriots. "We are standing strong on our own two feet. I am counting on Ukrainian unity, our courage...on…

Foreign Affairs The U.S. president should press ahead in pursuit of Ukraine peace. President Donald Trump’s announcement of upcoming talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine unleashed a torrent of alarmist reactions, some borderline hysterical, from the usual hawkish quarters in Europe and America.…