Ukraine

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.…

WASHINGTON — The United States is formally bringing Russia in from the cold with high-level talks aimed at ending Moscow’s war with Ukraine and reestablishing long-frozen diplomatic and economic ties. A Trump administration team led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down Tuesday for four hours with senior representatives of Russian…

Top U.S. and Russian officials have finished their first talks on ending the war in Ukraine, with the Kremlin voicing new demands as Washington and Moscow agreed to move quickly to normalize their ties and begin negotiations around the nearly three-year conflict. The more than four-hour meeting in Riyadh --…

Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ursula von der Leyen before informal summit of European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine Alamy Stock Photo ukraine latest ‘Europe’s security is at a turning point,’ EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of the informal meeting. LAST UPDATE | 17 Feb EUROPEAN…

France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (R) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) after a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Dec. 7, 2024. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images Europe is vying for a say in fast-advancing Russia-Ukraine peace…

US secretary of state Marco Rubio departing Israel for Saudi Arabia. Alamy Stock Photo Diplomacy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country will not accept any deal if his country does not take part in talks. TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIALS will hold talks with their US counterparts on restoring ties between…

US president Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge Mon 17 Feb 2025 at 11:40 Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his foreign minister and a senior Kremlin adviser to meet U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss restoring relations and possible talks to end the…

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 14, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump's hopes of securing access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals hit a wall Saturday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the bid on the grounds that it was…