ISTANBUL – Two rounds of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine held in Istanbul have ended without any breakthrough toward a ceasefire, despite continued international pressure to de-escalate the ongoing conflict. Instead of progress on ending hostilities, the talks led to significant humanitarian gestures. According to Kremlin aide and Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky, Russia handed […]
On Monday, Trump gave Russia 50 days to strike a peace deal with Ukraine, voicing fresh frustration with Moscow, and laid out an arrangement with NATO to supply Kyiv with new military aid sponsored by the alliance’s member countries. “President Trump’s statement is very serious. We certainly need time to analyse what was said in […]
But Trump’s threat of sanctions came with a 50-day grace period, a move that was welcomed by investors in Russia, where the rouble recovered from earlier losses and stock markets rose. Sitting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters he was disappointed in Russian President Vladimir Putin and that […]
“We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need,” Trump said, without specifying how many, just two weeks after Washington said it would pause some arms deliveries to Kyiv. “I haven’t agreed on the number yet, but they’re going to have some because they do need protection,” he told reporters. The weapons delivery will be […]
Putin and Trump Talk as Ukraine Peace Efforts Stall Russian President Vladimir Putin and former U.S. President Donald Trump recently had a phone call that lasted almost an hour. This happened while U.S.-led peace talks to end the war in Ukraine are stuck, and the U.S. has paused some weapon shipments to Ukraine. Trump is […]
The comments represent the strongest condemnation to date by the Socialist leader, an outspoken critic of the Israeli offensive in Gaza sparked by Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel. Speaking to reporters before an EU summit in Brussels, Sanchez mentioned a recent human rights report by the bloc’s diplomatic service, which, he said, addressed “the catastrophic […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced the attack on the central Poltava region as a vile strike against Ukrainian energy infrastructure. “Unfortunately, there was damage to the energy infrastructure,” Zelenskiy said in his evening address to the nation. “This is Russia’s (effort to) spit on everything that the international community is trying to do to stop this […]
The handover took place after an initial swap of prisoners under the age of 25 was conducted on Monday. Today marks the first stage of the return of our seriously wounded and injured soldiers from Russian captivity. All of them require immediate medical attention. This is an important humanitarian act,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said […]
Delegations from both sides did, however, agree another large-scale prisoner exchange in their meeting in Istanbul, which in mid-May also hosted their first round of face-to-face talks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed that Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump come together for a third round later this month in either […]
With Iran and the United States engaged in talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme since April, Washington’s proposal for a deal came after a leaked UN report said Iran had stepped up production of highly enriched uranium. Iran’s top diplomat and lead nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araghchi, was due to meet the head of the UN’s International […]
