Ukraine

A bipartisan coalition of pro-Ukraine lawmakers will seek to force a House vote to impose crippling sanctions on Russia, even as President Donald Trump is moving to swiftly clinch a peace deal between the two warring nations. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said in an X post Friday that he and…

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The Ukrainians Have Room to Maneuver in Peace Deal ProposalRead More

An investigation by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command has led to a former Member of European Parliament for the UK being jailed, after he accepted bribes from a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician in exchange for making statements that supported pro-Russian narratives. Nathan Gill, 52 (06.07.1973), of Anglesey, North Wales pleaded…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has received a draft of a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine and expects to hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in coming days, the Ukrainian leader's office said on Thursday. Two sources told Reuters on Wednesday that Washington had signalled to Zelenskiy that…

Renewed talk of no-longer-secret negotiations between the Kremlin and the White House over a plan to end the war in Ukraine that heavily favours Russia adds to a broader sense of doom in Kyiv and among its western partners. Coupled with the fallout from a sweeping corruption scandal among Ukraine’s…

Trump administration sends Ukraine peace plan draft to ZelenskiyRead More

Such a plan would reward Russia for the invasion of its neighbor...Read More

A new US-drafted proposal to halt the war in Ukraine calls for Kyiv to give up some of its territory and some of its weaponry, news reports said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Turkey in an effort to boost flagging peace talks. The US proposals also reportedly include cutting…

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