US President Donald Trump indicated in February that he wanted access to Ukraine’s rare earth materials as a condition for continued US support in the war, describing it as reimbursement for the billions of dollars in aid Washington has given to Kyiv.
Top diplomat Kaja Kallas says Europe can maintain sanctions on Russia if Washington starts lifting its own
US treasury secretary says he expects Ukraine to โreconsiderโ changes it made to agreement as deputy PM Yulia Svyrydenko will reportedly be in Washington to sign agreement todayIn Spain, harrowing stories have continued to emerge after much of the Iber…
Regardless of the Trump administration’s talks on a possible ceasefire succeed, the Black Sea peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, remains at the heart of the conflict, writes Le Monde columnist Sylvie Kauffmann.
U.S. President Donald Trump has previously described such a pact as reimbursement for billions in American aid sent to help Kyiv against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Agreement in doubt as Ukrainian first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko flies to Washington
Kyiv’s bet on drones paid off: the industry now manufactures about 4 million purpose-built drones per year.
Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the most notorious.Some weeks after being detained as she attempted to leave a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine in January 2023, Yelyzaveta …
As part of the price for peace, Moscow would like sanctions on Russian airlines lifted. Thatโs no surprise: theyโre vital to the Kremlinโs war machineOn Monday, the Kremlin offered a three-day pause in hostilities against Ukraine in May, to coincide wi…
Country is going to the polls for a second year running after after the original result was annulledRomania returns to the polls in May for a rerun of its crunch presidential election after the original vote last year was annulled โ and its shock far-r…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday Washington will cease mediating Russia-Ukraine peace talks unless concrete progress is proposed. Frustrated by stalled negotiations and ongoing violence since Russiaโs 2022 invasion, he warned of disengag…
Official says UN and its partners have โreprioritisedโ operations in Ukraine, amid wider drop in aid funding from the US. What we know on day 1,162 Continue reading…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that the US may withdraw as a mediator. Vladimir Putin proposed a three-day ceasefire for next week’s World War II anniversary, but rejected a US and Ukraine-backed call for a 30-day truce.
People rarely think about Europeโs criss-crossing energy system. We tell you how it works, what went wrong (and right) on Monday and what happens next.
Paris, which has positioned itself at the forefront of European efforts to support Ukraine, has, for the first time, attributed a 2017 hacking of Emmanuel Macron’s supporters’ emails to Russian military intelligence.
North Korea and Russia have officially acknowledged the presence of North Korean soldiers on the Ukrainian front. The announcement reflects strategic calculations, made as peace negotiations are underway and both countries appear determined to deepen t…
Paris accused Russia’s Fancy Bear group of conducting cyberattacks on the French president’s campaign team.
In the light of the war in Ukraine, Europe is seeking to adapt to new forms of conflict taking place far from the traditional front line.
Concerns stretch across Eastern France, Germany, Czechia and Poland.
The Court of Justice of the EU said Tuesday the program was nothing short of the โcommercialisationโ of citizenship.
The Court of Justice of the EU said Tuesday the program was nothing short of the โcommercialisationโ of citizenship.
Journalistย Viktoriia Roshchyna never returned from what is thought to have been her fourth trip to Russian-occupied Ukraine. She disappeared in August 2023 and was confirmed to be in Russian custody in April 2024. In October the Russian defence minist…
Russia has yet to prove it wants to end the war, prime minister says.
Kyiv fumes over Russiaโs Victory Day ceasefire plan.
Public broadcasters are protecting press freedom in Europe.
On World Press Freedom Day, the European Broadcasting Union highlights the role of public service media in delivering quality news that matters to audiences. Earlier this year, four public …
The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchynaโs final monthsThe exchange took place on a lonely forest road in February. Moving along a line of refrigerated lorries, the teams in hazm…
Trump has cut off Ukraine aid, brokered and lost a ceasefire in Gaza and took a sledgehammer to world commerce100 days of TrumpFor US foreign policy, Donald Trumpโs first 100 days in office were the weeks when decades happened.In just over three months…
As German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz hints at a change in policy on the transfer of Taurus missiles to Kyiv, unfounded claims are circulating that the Trump administration could block the move.
Without U.S. security guarantees and a firm โporcupine strategyโ to make sure Kyiv is heavily armed, this deal will just be a way station in Putinโs bid to subjugate the country.
George Simion, the candidate tipped to win the first round of the presidential election, has publicly aligned himself with Donald Trump.
Ukraine president urges month-long truce after Russia suggests three-day one to mark a world war two victory. What we know on day 1,161Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for an immediate month-long ceasefire after Vladimir Putin unilaterally announced a th…
“This has never happened before,” said Sรกnchez, warning it may take longer than expected to restore power.
And what does it mean for Europe, its power grids and its electricity?
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Chancellor-designate vows to tackle Russian aggression and appoints Johann Wadephul, an ex-soldier, to key roleGermanyโs chancellor-designate, Friedrich Merz, has promised to put staunch support of Ukraine at the heart of his government after announcin…
Officials are worried US president will use minor progress in talks as โexcuseโ to disengage
The interviewโs release comes amid the Kremlinโs announcement of a three-day May ceasefire to the war.
Ukraine calls for an “immediate” ceasefire of at least 30 days in response.
National guard soldiers aim to โkill as many Russians as possibleโ with drones and Soviet-era howitzersEurope live โ latest updatesFrom a line of trees the Ukrainian gun team prepares to fire. An artilleryman, Yurii, loads a 152mm shell into an old Sov…
The draft U.K.-EU agreement is one of several being drawn up ahead of a May 19 summit.
The proposed three-day ceasefire, set to coincide with the Kremlin’s WWII Victory Day celebration, has come amid a crucial week for Ukraine war ceasefire negotiations, as the US considers whether to abandon the talks.
The announcement comes only two days after Trump threatened Putin with further sanctions after a one-on-one Vatican chat with Zelenskyy.
Berlinโs new foreign ministry leadership signals tougher stance toward China and Russia.
Moscow is emboldened after U.S. President Donald Trump caves in to a key Russian demand.
Kremlin calls on Ukraine to reciprocate during period covering 8-10 May and says it will respond to any violationsVladimir Putin has declared a three-day full ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of t…
Acting Finance Minister Jรถrgย Kukies also pushes for wider definition of security investment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the full cessation of hostilities on โhumanitarian groundsโ for Victory Day, which is marked on 9 May, according to the Kremlin.
Military spending surged last year in ways unseen since the Cold War, study says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an unexpected three-day ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8-10, while Russia celebrates Victory Day over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Zelenskyy, Starmer, Macron โฆ they all had his ear at Pope Francisโs funeral. But he is just as easily swayed by the elevator doormanThe most recent diplomatic effort to find a way to stop Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine took place at the most unlikely of …
Since launching its Ukraine offensive in February 2022, Russia has seized large parts of four Ukrainian regions and claimed them as its own, in addition to Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.
After a brief meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in Rome, on the sidelines of Pope Francis’s funeral, Trump said that his efforts for peace must succeed this week, or he would drop them.
Kyiv says it secured concession from Trump administration not to use proceeds for past military aid
Russia and Ukraine dispute whether Kyiv’s troops have been kicked out of the Kursk region.
This blog has now closed. You can read our latest wrap of developments here.We are just getting a line from Reuters news agency saying that the Conclave to elect new pope will start on 7 May, according to its source.We have not independently verified t…
Russian annexation of Crimea is a ‘red line’ for Ukraineโs Zelenskyy
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he believed Ukraineโs Volodymyr Zelensky was prepared to cede Crimea to Russia as part of a ceasefire deal, as truce talks entered what Washington called a critical phase. Trump urged Vladimir Putin to “stop sh…
Secretary of state says US will decide this week whether to withdraw from negotiations
North Korea on Monday confirmed for the first time it has sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. US, South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence officials said last year Pyongyang dispatched about 10,000 to 12,000 troops, but North Kore…
Boris Pistorius says Trump suggestion goes too far on territorial concessions; US president calls on Moscow to stop attacks while Rubio warns US could walk away from talks. What we know on day 1,160 Continue reading…
Battle in Kursk showed โhighest strategic level of the firm militant friendshipโ between North Korea and Russia, state news says, hailing โheroesโNorth Korea has confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with U…
โWe are really polite people, and, unlike some others, we never discuss in public what is being discussed in negotiations.โ
The suspect, Ignat Kuzin, pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service.
Airstrike in Donetsk kills three while drone attack in Dnipro leaves one dead, according to local sourcesRussia has continued its assault on Ukraine with a series of drone attacks and airstrikes, hours after Donald Trump cast doubt on Vladimir Putinโs …
Bolstered by its technological superiority, the billionaire’s company has become indispensable, particularly for Ukraine. Donald Trump’s close associate now holds unprecedented levers of influence, raising questions of a conflict of interest as China s…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer decried President Donald Trumpโs handling of the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, saying that the U.S. is risking its European alliances and making the country look โweakโ against foreign adversaries. The Trump administration has been ramping up pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent weeks [โฆ]
Russia launched a massive attack of nearly 150 drones over Ukraine from Saturday into Sunday, according to Ukraineโs armed forces. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said he doubts Putin wants to end the three-year war in Ukraine.
Sunday’s assault came after Trump cast fresh doubt on Putin’s willingness to end the war.
The Federal Security Service named the suspect as Ignat Kuzin.
Hungarian farmers are also throwing their full weight behind the push.
Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cite rising threats from Russia to justify once again using one of worldโs most indiscriminate weaponsRights groups have expressed alarm and warned of a โslippery slopeโ of again embracing one of the world…
Paid-for citizenship that could be banned by European court was handed to people who later faced sanctions
Russian security service alleges Ukrainian agent Ignat Kuzin rigged car with homemade explosives; Trump meets Zelenskyy and expresses doubt that Putin wants a ceasefire. What we know on day 1,159Russiaโs FSB secret service said on Saturday that it had …
US presidentโs epiphany that Putin may not want to stop Ukraine war follows โsymbolicโ talk with Zelenskyy in St Peterโs BasilicaIt was a fitting moment for an epiphany, if thatโs what this was. Donald Trump sat in the morning light in St Peterโs Basil…
The meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy would have had the late Pope Francis โfilled with hope,โ the last U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said.
Ukraine denies Russian claims it has been forced out of the border region.
The post came shortly after Trump met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome.
It’s the first time the Kremlin has acknowledged the estimated 11,000 North Korean troops fighting for Moscow in the region.
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,” Trump said in a social media post.
Russia is ready to hold peace talks with Ukraine “without preconditions”, President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff at a meeting on Friday, the Kremlin said Saturday. The news came after US President Donald Trump met briefly with Ukrainian …
Emotional tributes to the popular Pope Francis came amid a diplomatic scramble to meet with the U.S. president.
Two leaders meet at Pope Francisโs funeral to discuss Washingtonโs plan for an end to the fightingDonald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy used their time at the Vatican while attending the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible ceasefire with Russi…
Meeting took place before the funeral of Pope Francis, Zelenskyy’s spokesman says.
“Most of the major points are agreed to,” Trump said hours after special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow.
President Donald Trump on Friday called for Ukraine and Russia to meet for high-level talks, adding that they were “very close to a deal”. Trump posted on his Truth Social web site shortly after arriving in Rome late Friday to attend the funeral of Po…
Exhausted residents point out latest drone strike came hours after Donald Trumpโs rare rebuke to Vladimir PutinAbout 1am on Friday, Yuliia Verbytska woke to the sound of an air raid siren. She grabbed her teenage children โ Dmitry, 17, and Olexiy, 12 โ…
In the early hours of 24 April the realisation dawned: Putin will get a deal that humiliates Ukraine โ or continue to slaughter our civiliansDay 1,156 of the invasion; 24 April 2025. Thirty hours after the end of Russiaโs fake โEaster ceasefireโ. It is…
Trump says โmost of the major pointsโ agreed, though he gave no details and differences between Kyiv and Moscow remain. What we know on day 1,158See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageDonald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine are โvery close to a dealโ …
Diplomatic initiatives are multiplying to end the conflict, but significant disagreements persist among Ukrainians, Russians, Americans and Europeans regarding the conditions for a lasting peace.
Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliana GallinaAn American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the Ru…
Redolent of old great power thinking, Trumpโs Crimea giveaway could usher a return to international lawlessnessโCrimea will stay with Russia,โ Donald Trump told Time magazine in a largely sympathetic profile on Friday. And with that statement, the US p…
As United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ‘possibility’ of direct talks between Ukraine and Russia came up, though such talks have not been held since February 2022.
Vladimir Putin’s aide says the two discussed the possibility of Russia and Ukraine resuming direct talks.
We sit down with France’s minister-delegate for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, to take stock of diplomacy around Ukraine and the US-EU standoff over trade tariffs. Haddad lived in the US and worked for top think tanks there, including the Atlantic Council a…
A senior Russian general was killed in a car bombing near Moscow on Friday, in what local authorities say is the latest targeted assassination linked to the war in Ukraine. Russia accused Ukraine of orchestrating the attack, which came as US envoy Ste…
The Ukrainian Association of Football has joined the TARGET project to promote gender equality among young football players on and off the pitch, with exceptional results.
The U.K. government wants to “take back control” of energy supply โย but is it swapping one dependence for another?
At the scene of the deadliest attack on our capital this year, I see the war on Ukraine is still very real โ and Putin shows no signs of ending itWar teaches you to believe only in what happens, rather than what is merely said or promised. A day after …
A car bomb killed a senior Russian military officer in the town of Balashikha just east of Moscow on Friday in an attack that Russian war bloggers blamed on Ukraine. The killing happened on the same day as U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Wit…
A senior Russian military official was killed in a car explosion near Moscow, as Vladimir Putin began a high-stakes meeting over the Russia-Ukraine war with Donald Trumpโs special envoy, Steve Witkoff, at the Kremlin. The blast could cast a shadow ove…
