The Kremlin said on Monday that the position of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine gave Moscow satisfaction, but declined to comment on Trump’s hopes for a peace deal this week. Trump, seeking to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly said he wants to end the “bloodbath” of…
Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service has reiterated Russia’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine. Russian state news agency, TASS quoted Naryshkin as saying that Ukraine must renounce its ambitions to join NATO and give up territories annexed by Moscow if the Ukraine war was to end. “The conditions of the…
Russia and Ukraine conducted fresh drone attacks overnight, resulting in injuries and significant damage across multiple regions, according to officials from both sides. In Ukraine, authorities reported strikes in several areas. In the city of Dnipro, 15 people were injured, and 15 private homes, along with several multi-storey residential and commercial buildings, were damaged, according…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kiev has captured two Chinese nationals fighting alongside Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. “There are the prisoners’ documents, bank cards and personal data,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram, alongside a video showing images of one of the captured men. He said the two men had been fighting for the Russians in…
The White House said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping in the Black Sea and stop military strikes. Washington released separate statements after American officials met representatives from both countries in Saudi Arabia on Tueday. However, Russia said certain sanctions on banks, insurers, and food exporters must be lifted…
U.S. and Russian delegations began a new round of talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, eyeing a Ukraine settlement and Black Sea ceasefire deal before securing a broader agreement. The talks follow a meeting between the United States and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Earlier, Trump held phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin…
U.S. President Donald Trump has caused a stir by suggesting that Ukraine may not survive the war with Russia. In an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday, the U.S. president was asked whether he was comfortable with the fact that he had stopped aid to the country and that Ukraine might not survive…
Ukrainian drones targeted a Russian oil refinery in the city of Novokuybyshevsk overnight, Ukrainian authorities said Monday. Andriy Kovalenko, head of the anti-disinformation centre in Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council. He wrote on Telegram that the refinery was of strategic importance to the Russian military as it helps ensure a stable fuel supply for…
US President Donald Trump has decided to stop all military help to Ukraine, after his spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Oval Office, which might render Ukraine vulnerable in its war with Russia. The US has been Ukraine’s biggest supporter both in diplomatic terms and the supply of weapons to repel the Russian…
The potential month-long ceasefire in Ukraine proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is intended to test Russia’s readiness to end the conflict. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday. Macron has said that he and Starmer proposed a month-long ceasefire in the air, at sea and in relation…
