Ukraine

The Minister for Finance has ruled out one off cost of living payments in next month’s budgets.  After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent inflation soaring, energy credits and double social welfare payments were used to help people struggling with the cost of living.  On Newstalk Breakfast , Paschal Donohoe said…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has grown increasingly pessimistic about the chance of brokering an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict anytime soon or seeing the leaders of the two warring countries meet in person, according to two senior administration officials. Trump isn’t abandoning hopes of settling the dispute: He joined…

Genya Savilov AFP · 5 Sep, 2025 08:02 AM 4 mins to read Russian President Vladimir Putin warns Western forces in Ukraine will be "legitimate" targets for Moscow's soldiers. Photo / Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin warns Western forces in Ukraine will be "legitimate" targets for Moscow's soldiers. Photo…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned against the deployment of any foreign troops into Ukraine, declaring they would be "legitimate targets," in a blunt warning to Kyiv's Western allies as they look to agree on a "reassurance force." Putin's comments during an economic forum in the Pacific port city of…

Key Points Emmanuel Macron says 26 nations will provide Ukraine with post-war security guarantees across land, sea and air. France and the UK were open to troop deployments, while Italy indicated training and ceasefire monitoring roles. Vladimir Putin has said that any Western troops in Ukraine would be "legitimate targets".…

More than two dozen countries have pledged to deploy assets and contingents to strengthen Ukraine’s security apparatus, President Emmanuel Macron disclosed on Thursday. The French leader made the announcement during a press conference after chairing the Coalition of the Willing Summit at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Macron said the…

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Hungarian authorities have launched a probe into the disappearance of key components from eight MiG-29 fighter jets and whether the parts may have ended up in Ukraine. Sources told RFE/RL's Hungarian Service that components found missing from the planes include electronics that control location and weapons systems in the aircraft.…

French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries have agreed to take part in post-war security guarantees for Ukraine and that US support for the plan will be finalized in the coming days. Macron was speaking after hosting a day of hybrid diplomacy from the Elysee Palace in Paris on September…

At the height of the Iraq war, bloggers coined the term “Friedman unit” in reference to the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s habit of claiming that the next six months would be critical in determining the outcome of the conflict. Everything has sped up quite a bit in our…