Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine: Russia on Saturday said its forces had taken two villages in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, increasing the military pressure as world leaders struggle to broker an end to the conflict. South Africa added its voice to those calling for a summit between Ukraine and Russia. Russian forces are…

Ukrainian drone attacks overnight on several Russia's power and energy facilities forced capacity reduction at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and set a fuel export terminal in Ust-Luga on fire, Russian officials said on Sunday. A drone attack on the Kursk nuclear plant, not far from the border with Ukraine,…

Russian troops have taken control of two more settlements near the front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Russia's Defense Ministry said on August 23 after Russia again hit Ukraine with another barrage of drones overnight. The ministry said the villages of Kleban-Byk, northwest of the town of…

US defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks , according to a report on Saturday. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon…

The way the war ends could reverberate for decades Published Aug 23, 2025 6 minute read Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, had his first meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo by Ukrainian Presidential press-service HANDOUT /AFP via Getty Images Article content OTTAWA — Ottawa is watching closely as…

By Cat Zakrzewski President Donald Trump is signaling that he would step back for now from efforts to reach a Ukraine peace deal, expressing frustration over rising casualties and the failure of the two sides to come closer to a peace agreement. Trump administration HAND CURATED Emily Davies and  Michael…

Ukrainian leader calls for wider international support to get Russia to negotiating table amid faltering peace efforts. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on countries in the Global South to support diplomatic efforts to push Russia to agree to end its war with Ukraine. In a social media post following…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan has written to U.S. President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, and urged her to contact Israel's prime minister and raise the plight of children in Gaza, authorities in Ankara said on Saturday. Emine Erdogan wrote that she had been inspired by the letter…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for direct talks between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Four days later, the Republican president’s optimism has diminished.…

For Ukraine, history is a battlefield. Months before Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion, he published a brooding, 5,000-word article that made the case for dismantling the country; in his speech to mark the start of Russia’s offensive he reeled off a litany of historical grievances against the…