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BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Aug 30 he expected that Russia would only stop its war against Ukraine once it could no longer wage it for economic and military reasons, given that diplomatic efforts in recent weeks had failed. “All efforts of the past weeks have been…

MOSCOW/KYIV – Russian forces are waging a non-stop offensive along almost the entire front line in Ukraine and have the “strategic initiative”, the chief of Russia’s general staff said on Aug 30. “The combined group of troops continues a non-stop offensive along almost the entire front line,” General Valery Gerasimov…

COPENHAGEN: European Union foreign ministers have urged the United States to reconsider its decision not to allow Palestinian officials to take part in the United Nations General Assembly in New York. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed the diplomatic appeal following a meeting of ministers in the Danish capital…

Senior White House officials believe some European leaders are publicly supporting President Trump's effort to end the war in Ukraine, while quietly trying to undo behind-the-scenes progress since the Alaska summit, Axios has learned. The White House has asked the Treasury Department to compile a list of sanctions that could…

Ukraininan politician Andriy Parubiy -- seen here speaking to members of parliament in Kyiv in a December 6, 2018 file picture -- was shot dead in Lviv, in the west of the country - Copyright AFP GENYA SAVILOV A former Ukrainian speaker of parliament who was a leading figure in…

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KURSK, Russia — Antonina and Anatoly Loginov squinted in the bright dawn light as they emerged from the basement where they’d been holed up for weeks. They took in the shattered moonscape of their village, Guyevo, three miles from the border with Ukraine. In the seven months of Ukraine’s occupation…

Ukrainian drone forces struck two major Russian oil refineries -- Krasnodar in southern Russia and Syzran in the Samara region -- overnight on August 30, igniting fires and causing explosions in facilities key to supplying fuel for Russian military units. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the operations, carried out in…

Crux Since Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on August 15, Russia has made no significant concessions on any of the major sticking points between it and Ukraine. Two weeks after the summit, Kyiv was bombarded by Russia’s second-biggest aerial attack since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Kremlin…

Starlink logo is seen on a smartphone in front of displayed Ukrainian flag in this illustration taken Feb 27, 2022. PUBLISHED ON August 30, 2025 3:54 AM The US State Department has approved the potential sale of Starlink services and related equipment and Patriot air defence sustainment and related equipment…