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.
Labour MPs โ and opposition lawmakers too โ are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.
In a small town south-east of Kyiv, a team of civilians sit in the back of a pickup truck with machine guns pointed at the sky hoping to shoot downย Iranian-made drones that target the Ukrainian capital on a near-daily basis. The drone huntersโ local k…
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 …
The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.
Zelenskyy has rebuffed USโs initial attempt to take control of minerals as downpayment for its aid in war with RussiaEurope live โ latest updatesUkraineโs president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has rebuffed an initial attempt by the US to corner his countryโs…
Ursula von der Leyen urges โemergency mindsetโ in response to US decision to enter bilateral talks with RussiaEurope live โ latest updatesEuropeโs security is โat a turning pointโ, the president of the European Commission has said, as leaders from majo…
Keith Kellogg will be in Ukraine for two days this week.
The Ukrainian leader said he will be in Turkey while Russia and the US speak in Riyadh.
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.
Moscow hails Tuesdayโs discussions in Saudi Arabia as means to end war and restore full relations with Washington
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.
Olga Chernykhโs 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 Chernykhโs documentary feature debut highlights the p…
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…
U.S. secretary of state lands in Saudi Arabia as EU leaders prepare for crisis summit in Paris.
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
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.
Pischane in Donetsk back under Kyivโs control as Zelenskyy renews call for fighting to end โwith a just and lasting peaceโUkraine has recaptured a village on the frontline in the countryโs east, amid signs Russiaโs advance may be slowing down and as Pr…
The Ukrainian president says he wonโt accept a peace agreement if his country is iced out of talks.
Paris meeting aims to retake initiative on talks about Ukraineโs 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 …
โI do not know what it is,โ said Ukraineโs President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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…
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…
US officials say direct talks with Russia – the first such talks since its invasion of Ukraine – will not involve Kyiv’s European allies.
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…
The ramifications of the presidentโs appeasement of Russia will be felt widely, not least in the alliance he recklessly underminedIn Graham Greeneโs 1955 novel, The Quiet American, Alden Pyle, a CIA agent, reckons he has all the answers to conflict in …
Call comes as Emmanuel Macron plans Paris summit to discuss stepping up European support for Kyiv
Kyiv wants security guarantees to be tied to any natural resources deal
“The U.S. is rightly asking for a rebalancing of that,” said Rutte. “It’s totally logical.”
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…
Lawmakersโ reactions underscore the challenge Republicans face as they try to make sense of the administrationโs efforts to end the Ukraine war.
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.
The grim prognosis comes as the conflict appears to be entering a new phase.
โWeโve 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.
The Hungarian leader repeated Kremlin talking points in an interview with Tucker Carlson.
“I donโt want to go [down] in history as [the] president who helped Putin to occupy my country,โ says Ukrainian leader.
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.
Boris Pistorius said it would have been better to talk about Kyivโs NATO membership and territory โat the negotiating table.โ
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…
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is breaking with the line from the Trump White House.
“Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” says International Atomic Energy Agency.
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…
EU and British politicians warn America against caving to the Kremlin’s demands on Ukraine. ย
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…
Ukrainian neighbours summon Russian ambassadors citing crashes and explosions on their soil; Europe โwould 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…
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 Trumpโs incendiary call with Vladimir Putin, UK ministers and officials have had to …
There is a “mix of fear and denial,” according to one European official who spoke to POLITICO.
As Putinโs 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…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to be a โsteadfastโ backer of Ukraine. But Britain is cash-strapped and struggling to build links.
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 Trumpโs phone call to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday evening, wa…
Berlin wants more robust military spending following a bombshell move by the Trump administration to negotiate a peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Measures announced as Kyiv faces pressure from Donald Trump to hold elections
Based on talks with Trump, Scholz had expected Washington to continue its support for Kyiv, he told POLITICO
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…
But alliance chief Mark Rutte was keen to downplay fears that Europe and Kyiv are being sidelined.
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…
“Letโs not mince words about what this represents: a surrender of Ukraineโs interests and our own, even before negotiations begin,โ says U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.
If we canโt 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 Russiaโs war against Ukraine should be decided without the Ukrainians, Europea…
U.S. president announces that talks with Russia’s leader on ending the war will start โimmediately,โ after his defense chief warns that Ukraineโs peace goals wonโt be met.
U.S. and Russian leaders spoke on the phone Wednesday about ending the war โ and agreed to start negotiations โimmediately.โ
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…
The Defense secretaryโs comments at NATO headquarters signal the Trump administration will support stopping Russian efforts in Ukraine โ with caveats.
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…
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 …
In a stark warning to Kyiv, the US defence secretary also says he does not envision Ukraine joining Nato.
US defence secretary argues Europe should take lead in defending Ukraine and says restoring countryโs pre-2014 borders is unrealisticEurope live โ latest updatesDonald Trumpโs newly appointed defence secretary told allies on his first international tri…
Putinโs spokesperson rejects Zelenskyyโs 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…
The attack comes after president Zelensky suggested peace negotiations with Russia could include a territory swap.
Scheme to build โprofessional armyโ comes ahead of US Treasury secretary Scott Bessentโs visit to Kyiv
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…
The attack comes after president Zelensky suggested peace negotiations with Russia could include a territory swap.
Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.
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…
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.
Exclusive: In extended interview with the Guardian, Ukraineโs 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…
“We have to get something. We canโt continue to pay this money,โ U.S. president says.
How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.
Trump says Ukraine โmay 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…
A “serious” American delegation will visit Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said.
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 …
Photojournalist Jelle Krings joined youngsters training to become Ukraineโs 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…
Russian leader “wants to see people stop dying,” Trump tells the newspaper in an interview.
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…
Kyiv wants to secure the U.S. administration on its side before any peace talks with Russia.
โIf thereโs anybody who understands leverage, itโs President Donald J. Trump,” Keith Kellogg tells the New York Post.
Kyiv insists that the invasion made sense, but some experts feel the cost has been very high.
Moscow shows โindifferenceโ 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 says it is ready to open a humanitarian corridor to help Russian civilians return home from territory seized in its August offensiveโif Moscow requests one. Kyiv accuses Russia of ignoring its own citizens, while the Kremlin remains silent on …
A Kremlin-backed campaign is trying to influence voters ahead of Feb. 23 poll, according to government report obtained by POLITICO.
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…
Britain will take over Wednesdayโs meeting of Kyivโs allies from the U.S.
The warplanes will help defend Ukraine against Russian attacks.
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…
Lammy’s trip comes two weeks after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a 100-year partnership agreement between the two countries.
“There are indeed contacts between individual departments,” says spokesperson for Vladimir Putin.
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 …
Defense Minister Wลadysลaw Kosiniak-Kamysz warns that Europe must spend more “to retain the presence of the Americans in Europe.”
Germanyโs Olaf Scholz criticises Trumpโs transactional foreign policy as โvery selfish, very self-centredโUkraine is open to โinvestmentโ from allies as long as they help it fight Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, after Donald Trump demanded …
Ukraine wants Donald Trump’s support, but has suffered thousands of casualties and desertions as it holds the line against Russia.
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…
Bratislava and Kyiv have been at loggerheads since the Slovak leadership cut off weapons flows to Ukraine and embraced Moscow talking points.