British MPs already want a vote on sending troops to Ukraine

Labour MPs โ€” and opposition lawmakers too โ€” are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.

Ukraine will not accept a Saudi-talks peace deal, says Zelenskyy

EU and Ukraine have been excluded from high-stakes negotiations between top Russian and US officialsEurope live โ€“ latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine would not recognise any peace agreements made without its participation, as top …

Poland to Europe: Donโ€™t play games with Trump, spend more on defense

The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.

What are Ukraineโ€™s critical minerals โ€“ and why does Trump want them?

Zelenskyy has rebuffed USโ€™s initial attempt to take control of minerals as downpayment for its aid in war with RussiaEurope live โ€“ latest updatesUkraineโ€™s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has rebuffed an initial attempt by the US to corner his countryโ€™s…

Europe at โ€˜turning pointโ€™ as leaders meet in Paris to discuss Ukraine crisis

Ursula von der Leyen urges โ€˜emergency mindsetโ€™ in response to US decision to enter bilateral talks with RussiaEurope live โ€“ latest updatesEuropeโ€™s security is โ€œat a turning pointโ€, the president of the European Commission has said, as leaders from majo…

Zelenskyy: I want to show Trumpโ€™s Ukraine-Russia envoy the front line

Keith Kellogg will be in Ukraine for two days this week.

Ukraine will not participate in Russia-US talks, Zelenskyy says from UAE

The Ukrainian leader said he will be in Turkey while Russia and the US speak in Riyadh.

EU top brass plans Kyiv visit amid US-Russia talks

The trip will take place in a show of solidarity as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the three-year mark, one EU official said.

โ€˜Freezingโ€™ Ukraine war would allow Russia to threaten NATO, Latvian intelligence warns

Pausing hostilities, which U.S. President Trump has vowed to do, would free up Kremlin resources to threaten countries across the alliance, the report says.

A Picture to Remember review โ€“ memories of a Donetsk happy childhood before the war

Olga Chernykhโ€™s portrait of life in war-torn Ukraine, based on home videos, examines how bonds and memories persist through trauma, loss and distanceFormally inventive and emotionally resonant, Olga Chernykhโ€™s documentary feature debut highlights the p…

EU leaders meet in Paris over Trump policy shift on Ukraine

European leaders were due to meet in Paris on Monday to address Washington’s shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine, as Britain declared itself ready to dispatch peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. US President Donald Trump sidelined Kyiv and its Europe…

Marco Rubio arrives in Riyadh, Zelenskyy jets into UAE, as Ukraine talks expected to begin

U.S. secretary of state lands in Saudi Arabia as EU leaders prepare for crisis summit in Paris.

Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine

After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.

UK โ€˜readyโ€™ to send peace-keepers to Ukraine, PM Starmer says

Ahead of a crunch meeting in Paris on Monday, the U.K. leader commits to putting British troops in harm’s way to secure lasting peace.

Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance

Pischane in Donetsk back under Kyivโ€™s control as Zelenskyy renews call for fighting to end โ€˜with a just and lasting peaceโ€™Ukraine has recaptured a village on the frontline in the countryโ€™s east, amid signs Russiaโ€™s advance may be slowing down and as Pr…

Putin likely to strike NATO nations next, Ukraine leader warns

The Ukrainian president says he wonโ€™t accept a peace agreement if his country is iced out of talks.

Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with US

Paris meeting aims to retake initiative on talks about Ukraineโ€™s future as US and Russian delegates prepare to meetThe sudden transatlantic chasm over Ukraine will be laid bare on Monday when US officials start preliminary talks in Riyadh with Russian …

The US said Ukraine would meet with Russia to discuss peace. That was news to Kyiv.

โ€œI do not know what it is,โ€ said Ukraineโ€™s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

โ€˜They may be Russian some dayโ€™: was this the week that changed the war in Ukraine?

As Donald Trump and his officials rip up three years of US rhetoric on supporting Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking an unenviable diplomatic tightropeVolodymyr Zelenskyy has had some tough weeks in the past three years, but this past one may be up t…

Europeans are right to be angry with Donald Trump, but they should also be furious with themselves | Andrew Rawnsley

The betrayal of Ukraine is a final warning to the UK and its continental allies to put a lot more energy and money into rebuilding their defencesIt was, Sir Keir Starmer told members of his inner circle, one of his most meaningful visits abroad. In the…

Concerns over Ukrainian cybersecurity after USAID funding freeze

The American agency funded an entire ecosystem that bolstered Kyiv’s telecommunications networks against Russian cyberattacks. It also subsidized Starlink terminals, which were at the center of an internal audit over allegations of ‘theft’ and ‘corrupt…

Trumpโ€™s betrayal of Ukraine has emboldened Putin and pulled the rug from under Nato allies | Simon Tisdall

The ramifications of the presidentโ€™s appeasement of Russia will be felt widely, not least in the alliance he recklessly underminedIn Graham Greeneโ€™s 1955 novel, The Quiet American, Alden Pyle, a CIA agent, reckons he has all the answers to conflict in …

Rutte: NATO spending target will be โ€˜considerably more than 3 percentโ€™

“The U.S. is rightly asking for a rebalancing of that,” said Rutte. “It’s totally logical.”

Zelenskyy says time has come to create an ‘armed forces of Europe’ โ€“ video

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that the time has come for the creation of a European army. ‘Our army alone is not enough, we need your support,’ he said, adding that the ‘old days’, when th…

Republicans struggle with unified response to Trumpโ€™s plan for Ukraine peace talks

Lawmakersโ€™ reactions underscore the challenge Republicans face as they try to make sense of the administrationโ€™s efforts to end the Ukraine war.

Trump asks Zelenskyy for half of Ukraineโ€™s rare earths: NBC News

U.S. officials told NBC that handing over half of its valuable minerals would be a way for Kyiv to reimburse the U.S. for the billions of dollars in weapons and support.

Ukraine probably canโ€™t survive without US help, Zelenskyy says

The grim prognosis comes as the conflict appears to be entering a new phase.

Is this the end of NATO?

โ€œWeโ€™ve now got an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,” one diplomat said.

Ukraine could become the EUโ€™s โ€˜Afghanistan,โ€™ Viktor Orbรกn claims

The Hungarian leader repeated Kremlin talking points in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

Zelenskyy: Trump told me Putin wants to end the war. I told him Putin is a liar.

“I donโ€™t want to go [down] in history as [the] president who helped Putin to occupy my country,โ€ says Ukrainian leader.

Boris Johnson: Europe acting like โ€˜headless chickensโ€™ on Ukraine

Former prime minister โ€” who has lobbied Donald Trump to back Ukraine โ€” says European nations should ‘man up and step up’ by increasing defense spending.

German defense minister blasts Trumpโ€™s โ€˜clumsyโ€™ Ukraine negotiating play

Boris Pistorius said it would have been better to talk about Kyivโ€™s NATO membership and territory โ€œat the negotiating table.โ€

Ukraine negotiations: Europe’s moment

Trump’s approach to the peace process, which involves talks with Putin in the absence of the country that has been attacked, is a serious matter. Kyiv and its European allies must continue to insist that no agreement should be discussed without Ukraini…

Senior Republican senator โ€˜puzzled and disturbedโ€™ by Hegsethโ€™s Ukraine remarks

Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is breaking with the line from the Trump White House.

Killer Russian drone strikes Chernobyl nuclear reactor cover, Ukraine says

“Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” says International Atomic Energy Agency.

EU braces for turbulent diplomacy as US demands โ€˜rebalancingโ€™ of relations

Relations between the US and Europe entered uncharted territory after a week of diplomatic shocks that saw the Trump administration cutting Kyiv and Brussels out of bilateral US-Russia talks to end the Ukraine war and setting a hard line on NATO defen…

Trump triggers Western anger over โ€˜appeasementโ€™ talks with Putinย 

EU and British politicians warn America against caving to the Kremlin’s demands on Ukraine. ย 

Zelensky warns US not to strike peace deal with Russia ‘behind our backs’

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Washington not to seek a peace deal without Kyiv’s involvement following reports that the US and Russian presidents spoke this week.ย Zelensky also ur…

Ukraine war briefing: Stray Russian drones โ€˜hit Moldova and Romaniaโ€™

Ukrainian neighbours summon Russian ambassadors citing crashes and explosions on their soil; Europe โ€˜would help Ukraine resist without US helpโ€™. What we know on day 1,087See all our Ukraine war coverageMoldova and Nato member Romania announced they had…

Trumpโ€™s Ukraine call with Putin leaves UK sounding at odds with reality

Statements that there can be no negotiations without Kyiv ring hollow when the US president has just sidelined itEurope live โ€“ latest updatesIn the aftermath of Donald Trumpโ€™s incendiary call with Vladimir Putin, UK ministers and officials have had to …

Europe lacks a master plan for Donald Trumpโ€™s new world disorder

There is a “mix of fear and denial,” according to one European official who spoke to POLITICO.

EU failed to Trump-proof Europe and now faces humiliation over Ukraine

As Putinโ€™s actions again disrupt the start of a Munich security conference, Brussels largely has itself to blameEurope live โ€“ latest updatesThe start of the Munich security conference has a habit of being disrupted by a display of power by Vladimir Put…

Trumpโ€™s Ukraine bombshell puts British support to the test

Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to be a โ€œsteadfastโ€ backer of Ukraine. But Britain is cash-strapped and struggling to build links.

โ€˜I feel angry and betrayedโ€™: Ukrainians react to Donald Trumpโ€™s call to Putin

While some Kyiv residents express relief over possible end to war, others predict further Russian attacks in futureThe first thing Olena Litovchenko thought, when she read the news of Donald Trumpโ€™s phone call to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday evening, wa…

โ€˜We will soon be nextโ€™: German leaders sound alarm on Trumpโ€™s Ukraine plan

Berlin wants more robust military spending following a bombshell move by the Trump administration to negotiate a peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump kept Germanyโ€™s Scholz in the dark about his Ukraine peace plan

Based on talks with Trump, Scholz had expected Washington to continue its support for Kyiv, he told POLITICO

‘A just peace: Safe, prosperous Ukraine with robust security guarantees in interest of US and EU’

Ukrainians are reeling in the wake of a call between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin that has spurred fears Kyiv will be sidelined from peace talks. Trump’s defence chief on Thursday denied the US president was betraying Uk…

NATO ministers plead for Ukraine to be involved in Trump-Putin peace talks

But alliance chief Mark Rutte was keen to downplay fears that Europe and Kyiv are being sidelined.

Ukraine, Europe must be involved in any peace talks, say NATOโ€™s European members

Any peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine must involve Kyiv, saidย NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday, as European defence ministers meeting in Brussels responded to US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he and Russian Preside…

Trumpโ€™s plan for Ukraine a great deal โ€” โ€˜for the Kremlin,โ€™ Kyivโ€™s backers say

“Letโ€™s not mince words about what this represents: a surrender of Ukraineโ€™s interests and our own, even before negotiations begin,โ€ says U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.

Ukraine war briefing: Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, say European ministers

If we canโ€™t join Nato we must build our own, says Zelenskyy; Russian trial begins over explosion that crippled Kerch bridge. What we know on day 1,086 Nothing about ending Russiaโ€™s war against Ukraine should be decided without the Ukrainians, Europea…

Trump and Putin stun Europe with peace plan for Ukraineย 

U.S. president announces that talks with Russia’s leader on ending the war will start โ€œimmediately,โ€ after his defense chief warns that Ukraineโ€™s peace goals wonโ€™t be met.

Trump-Putin Ukraine peace talks mustnโ€™t exclude Kyiv, EU allies warn

U.S. and Russian leaders spoke on the phone Wednesday about ending the war โ€” and agreed to start negotiations โ€œimmediately.โ€

Trump says he has spoken to Putin and agreed to negotiate Ukraine ceasefire

US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth says Ukraine would have to cede territory, alarming Kyiv and European alliesDonald Trump has said that he and Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin negotiations to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, as the secretary of de…

Trumpโ€™s defense secretary calls Ukraineโ€™s return to old borders โ€˜unrealisticโ€™

The Defense secretaryโ€™s comments at NATO headquarters signal the Trump administration will support stopping Russian efforts in Ukraine โ€” with caveats.

US no longer โ€˜primarily focusedโ€™ on Europeโ€™s security, says Pete Hegseth โ€“ video

The US defence secretary said the country would not send troops to Ukraine and that ‘the United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship which encourages dependency’ when addressing Nato in Brussels on Wednesday. He added that Europe h…

Europe cannot guarantee Ukraineโ€™s security without the US, Zelenskyy says โ€“ video

If Donald Trump withdraws US support for Ukraine, Europe alone will be unable to fill the gap, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested. ‘There are voices which say that Europe could offer security guarantees without the Americans, and I always say no,’ said …

US no longer โ€˜primarily focusedโ€™ on Europeโ€™s security, says Pete Hegseth

US defence secretary argues Europe should take lead in defending Ukraine and says restoring countryโ€™s pre-2014 borders is unrealisticEurope live โ€“ latest updatesDonald Trumpโ€™s newly appointed defence secretary told allies on his first international tri…

Russia will not exchange Ukrainian land to reclaim parts of Kursk, Kremlin says

Putinโ€™s spokesperson rejects Zelenskyyโ€™s plan for transfer of Kyiv-held pockets of Kursk to help end warThe Kremlin has said that Russia will never consider exchanging occupied Ukrainian land for parts of its Kursk region, dismissing a proposal outline…

Russian missile strike on Kyiv kills at least one, sparks fires, Ukraine says

A Russian missile strike on Kyiv early Tuesday morning killed at least one civilian, injured three others, and sparked fires across the city, Ukrainian officials confirmed. The attack comes as prospects for renewed peace talks increase following Presi…

How to watch the German election like a pro

Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.

Ukraine prepared to swap territory with Russia in peace negotiations, Zelensky says

Kyiv would be prepared to exchange Russian territory seized in its Kursk offensive last year in return for Ukrainian land under Russian control, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday. He also told the UK’s Guardian newspaper that security guarante…

Zelenskyy proposes to trade land with Putin, offers to return Kursk

If U.S. president can convince Moscow to negotiate an end to hostilities with Kyiv, Ukraine leader is ready to talk business on occupied territories.

Zelenskyy: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraineโ€™s security without America

Exclusive: In extended interview with the Guardian, Ukraineโ€™s president says he will offer US firms lucrative reconstruction contracts to try to get Trump onsideIf Donald Trump withdraws US support for Ukraine, Europe alone will be unable to fill the g…

Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support

“We have to get something. We canโ€™t continue to pay this money,โ€ U.S. president says.

Riding out the Trump tiger until heโ€™s exhausted

How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.

Ukraine war briefing: Power restrictions as Russia hits energy system

Trump says Ukraine โ€˜may be Russian somedayโ€™; Biden-approved weapons still flowing, says Kellogg. What we know on day 1,084See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine implemented emergency power restrictions on Tuesday morning as the energy minister, German…

Trump team to visit Ukraine this week, Zelenskyy says

A “serious” American delegation will visit Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said.

Zelensky to meet JD Vance at Munich Security Conference on Friday, Kyiv says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to discuss the Trump administration’s push for an end to the almost three-year war between Russia and Ukraine with US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference this Friday, a source in the …

Ukraineโ€™s teen soldiers: the cadets who hold the countryโ€™s future in their hands

Photojournalist Jelle Krings joined youngsters training to become Ukraineโ€™s next generation of soldiers at a military school in Kyiv. The recruits spend two years studying academic topics as well as learning how to fight โ€“ all under the threat of Russi…

Trump says heโ€™s spoken with Putin about ending Ukraine war: NY Post

Russian leader “wants to see people stop dying,” Trump tells the newspaper in an interview.

Ukraine war briefing: Kim Jong-un vows ongoing support for Russiaโ€™s โ€˜just causeโ€™

North Korean leader also pledged further development of nuclear forces; UK foreign secretary says no imminent peace talks with Russia. What we know on day 1,082See all our Ukraine war coverageNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged his ongoing supp…

Zelenskyy signals diplomatic push to win over Trump

Kyiv wants to secure the U.S. administration on its side before any peace talks with Russia.

US can ramp up sanctions on Putin, Trumpโ€™s Ukraine-Russia envoy says

โ€œIf thereโ€™s anybody who understands leverage, itโ€™s President Donald J. Trump,” Keith Kellogg tells the New York Post.

โ€˜Weโ€™re still thereโ€™: Ukraine marks the 6-month anniversary of its Kursk incursion

Kyiv insists that the invasion made sense, but some experts feel the cost has been very high.

Ukraine war briefing: Putin admits situation โ€˜very difficultโ€™ in Kursk as Kyiv forces mount new offensive

Moscow shows โ€˜indifferenceโ€™ to civilian humanitarian corridor offer, says Zelenskyy; France delivers Mirage jets. What we know on day 1,080Russia said it was battling a new Ukrainian offensive in Kursk, as Kyiv offered a humanitarian corridor for civil…

Ukraine offers humanitarian corridor for Russian civilians trapped in seized border areas

Ukraine says it is ready to open a humanitarian corridor to help Russian civilians return home from territory seized in its August offensiveโ€“if Moscow requests one. Kyiv accuses Russia of ignoring its own citizens, while the Kremlin remains silent on …

Putinโ€™s disinformation networks flood social media in bid to skew German election

A Kremlin-backed campaign is trying to influence voters ahead of Feb. 23 poll, according to government report obtained by POLITICO.

Ukraine’s options: How to maintain US support in the age of Trump?

Does what goes for Greenland and Gaza also go for Ukraine? With the third anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion approaching and Kyiv on the back foot,ย allies are scrambling to figure out the “art of the deal” power plays of a US president they thou…

UK takes on leadership of Biden-era Ukraine military aid group

Britain will take over Wednesdayโ€™s meeting of Kyivโ€™s allies from the U.S.

First high-end French fighter jets arrive in Ukraine

The warplanes will help defend Ukraine against Russian attacks.

French defence minister says first Mirage 2000 fighter jets delivered to Ukraine

The French air force has transferred the first of the promised Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine, Defence Minister Sรฉbastien Lecornu said on Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron announced in June that France would transfer the aircraft to Ukraine a…

Kremlin says talks with US have โ€˜intensifiedโ€™ in recent days

“There are indeed contacts between individual departments,” says spokesperson for Vladimir Putin.

EU leaders talk the talk on defence. But where will they find the billions to pay for it? | Paul Taylor

Europe may have as little as three to five years to prepare for a potential Russian attack โ€“ it must get real about borrowing to protect peaceEU leaders agreed at their summit with Keir Starmer in Brussels this week that much more spending is urgently …

Poland spends big on arms to stay friends with Trump

Defense Minister Wล‚adysล‚aw Kosiniak-Kamysz warns that Europe must spend more “to retain the presence of the Americans in Europe.”

Ukraine open to exchanging minerals for US military aid, says Zelenskyy

Germanyโ€™s Olaf Scholz criticises Trumpโ€™s transactional foreign policy as โ€˜very selfish, very self-centredโ€™Ukraine is open to โ€œinvestmentโ€ from allies as long as they help it fight Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, after Donald Trump demanded …

War of attrition strains Ukraineโ€™s army

Ukraine wants Donald Trump’s support, but has suffered thousands of casualties and desertions as it holds the line against Russia.

Ukraine war briefing: Trump demands rare earths from Kyiv in exchange for aid

US reportedly briefly paused weapon shipments into Ukraine; Russian forces continue to gain ground as Ukraine struggles with manpower. What we know on day 1,077 Continue reading…

Ukraine demands โ€˜impartialโ€™ inquiry into death of a citizen in Slovakia

Bratislava and Kyiv have been at loggerheads since the Slovak leadership cut off weapons flows to Ukraine and embraced Moscow talking points.