Ukraine

Democracy Dies in Darkness Europe In negotiations over Ukraine, European officials say President Trump’s team has positioned the U.S. as an independent arbiter rather than the leading voice of NATO. December 5, 2025 Foreign ministers gather for a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP) BRUSSELS…

Ukraine’s Kateryna Sadurska set her ninth women’s freediving world record at the CMAS Deep Dominica competition. Sadurska dove to 88m/289ft in the Constant Weight No Fins (CNF) discipline. In an Instagram post , she wrote: “I’ve been dreaming about this dive since last year, and I’m so happy it happened…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine's Donbas region by force unless Ukrainian forces withdraw, something Kyiv has flatly rejected. Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting between…

Vladimir Putin Alamy Stock Photo Ukraine ‘Achieving consensus among competing parties is no easy task, but President Trump, truly, I believe – he sincerely tries to do this,” Putin said. LAST UPDATE | 4 Dec 2025 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin has said that the ongoing US talks on Ukraine were…

A Kremlin official has warned that the European Union's plan to seize £80billion of Russian assets to aid Ukraine could be enough justification for Putin going to war with Europe.  Dmitry Medvedev, one of the Kremlin's most hardline voices, who serves as the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said…

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin this week. Witkoff and Kushner were set to continue their shuttle diplomacy with a meeting with senior Ukrainian officials in Florida on Thursday. Photo by Alexander Kazakov/Kremlin Pool/EPA Dec. 4…

Libyan soldiers previously trained by former Irish Defence Forces personnel have appeared in Russia and have expressed fears they will be deployed to the frontline in Ukraine, newly emerged images and videos show. The members of the 166 Infantry Battalion, part of the forces of eastern Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar,…

HOSHCHA, Ukraine – While many Ukrainian hospitals are struggling to cope with the endless influx of wounded, a maternity ward in the western town of Hoshcha lies eerily deserted. The hospital in Hoshcha has recorded just 139 births so far in 2025, down from 164 in 2024, and a far…

Experts highlighted challenges and shared recommendations for achieving peace. The post Trump’s Russia–Ukraine Diplomacy Is Good. Here’s How It Could Be Better appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

Fighting Russia over Ukraine isn’t remotely in America’s interests. The post Kiev Shouldn’t Get U.S. Security Guarantees appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More