Ukraine

A girl aged one-and-a-half and a 16-year-old boy are among the five dead after a block of flats was destroyed in the new Russian strikes, which came just hours before the Trump-Zelensky meeting 11:19, 18 Aug 2025 Updated 11:46, 18 Aug 2025 Vladimir Putin has unleashed a wave of deadly…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to be in the spotlight as he holds talks with US President Donald Trump on Monday night (India time). Trump has put the onus of ending the Ukraine war, going on for over three years, on Zelenskyy, who has top European leaders crossing the…

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 131. Mark Galeotti is the author of Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine , published by Osprey and out in paperback now For all that he can scarcely walk past a tank or a fighter jet without a photo opportunity…

AFP 18 Aug, 2025 06:40 AM 5 mins to read Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected territorial concessions. Photo / Getty Images Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected territorial concessions. Photo / Getty Images US President Donald Trump said reclaiming Crimea or entering Nato were off the table…

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029)6x6w32vpfv3qwq6t2x9u_media_dl_1.jpg Photo by Carina Johansen /Bloomberg Article content (Bloomberg) — Several liquefied natural gas tankers are heading to Asia from a Russian export facility sanctioned by the US, potentially testing Washington’s resolve to crack down on the trade amid high-level talks over the war in Ukraine.  THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED…

Australia’s geographical isolation makes it hard to come up with an exact parallel, but let’s put ourselves in the shoes of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watching the Putin-Trump meeting on the weekend unfold. A major power launches an assault on Australia or Australian interests that we are ill-matched to contest, makes…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing to return to D.C. for talks with President Trump on ending Russia's war on his country, six months on from his infamous White House meeting — this time flanked by European leaders.The big picture: It's been 1,271 days since Moscow's forces launched a full-scale…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio rounded out his appearances on the Sunday shows with a bonzer appearance on "ABC News This Week" with Martha Raddatz.  As my colleague Susie Moore reported, Rubio appeared on "Meet the Press" on NBC, "Face the Nation" on CBS, and "Sunday Morning Futures" on Fox.…

It's not hard to understand Ukraine's unwillingness to part with even a square inch of its land in exchange for a peace deal. I wouldn't want to give up the Kenai Peninsula for a peace deal with Russia, or even to surrender Chicken to get a peace deal with Canada. But…