Macron, Tusk to discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force

The leaders will discuss sending foreign troops to Ukraine after the war ends.

Ukraine war briefing: Trump urges China to help end Ukraine war

After meeting US president-elect, Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautions that Ukraine needs a โ€˜just and robust peace, that Russians will not destroy within a few yearsโ€™. What we know on day 1,020See all our Ukraine war coverageDonald Trump has called for an imme…

From Brussels to Warsaw, troubled Europe reckons with Trump โ€” and itself

The next few months will be pivotal for the Atlantic alliance. A fragmented Continent will struggle to meet the moment.

Trump is complicating Bidenโ€™s final push in the Middle East

Some regional leaders appear inclined to unveil key initiatives under the next president, giving him the glory.

Kyiv issues ultimatum on NATO membership

Ukraine is losing hope that the alliance will invite it to join anytime soon.

Peace plans galore: Lots of ideas to end the fighting but the sides remain far apart

More than 3 years of fighting and the arrival of Donald Trump is increasing pressure for a peace deal.

Security guarantees vital if Ukraine is to rebuild economy, says steel CEO

Metinvest boss says there is a high degree of uncertainty over Trumpโ€™s plan to negotiate with RussiaBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesRussia-Ukraine war โ€“ latest news updatesSecurity guarantees will be key to Ukraine healing its shattered economy if Donald…

Zelenskyyโ€™s diplomatic play for Trumpย 

Kyiv knows that it will have to recalibrate and take care not to get on Trumpโ€™s bad side, hence Zelenskyyโ€™s emphasizing the importance of exploring diplomatic solutions.

7 weeks until Trump: Russia and Ukraine fight for advantage before peace talks are imposed

The risk of a miscalculation is growing as the war enters a potentially decisive โ€” and dangerous โ€” new phase.ย 

Trump appoints Keith Kellogg asย Ukraine peace envoy

The retired general has a major task ahead given that Trump has pledged to end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day.

Zelenskyy says Scholz-Putin phone call opens โ€˜Pandoraโ€™s boxโ€™

Kyiv says Russia is not prepared to negotiate an end to the war in good faith and that Ukraine needs robust security guarantees before there is any ceasefire in hostilities to prevent a future Russian offensive.

Zelenskyy: We need NATO or nukes โ€ฆ and we want NATO

Ukraine suffered uniquely from its 1994 decision to denuclearize, the country’s president said.

Orbรกn on Zelenskyyโ€™s victory plan: More than frightening

Hungarian leader urges Germany and France to start negotiations with Moscow instead of helping Ukraine.

Saudis urge US to suspend weapons to Israel until Gaza aid resumes

Ambassador to the U.K. Prince Khalidย bin Bandar Al Saud criticized Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct in Lebanon as well.

Giorgia Meloni plans Lebanon visit as fears grow for UN peacekeeping troops

Italian PM demands security guarantees for her countryโ€™s Unifil troops after series of attacks by IsraelMiddle East crisis โ€“ live updatesItalyโ€™s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she plans to visit Lebanon and has demanded security guarantees fo…

Zelenskyyโ€™s 5 asks on his Europe tour (and the odds heโ€™ll get them)

The Ukrainian president is racing across Europe to lock in support for Kyiv. We rate his chances of success.

The Saudi Crown Prince is Talking About An Assassination. His Own.

Many people want to kill the Saudi leader, but is he using such threats as a means to get the U.S. to pressure Israel on a future Palestinian state?

Is IRISยฒ heading for a rethink?

SNEAK PEEK โ€” The EUโ€™s IRISยฒ satellite communications network project is increasingly troubled. โ€” NATO seeks to make procuring arms faster, the allianceโ€™s procurement agency boss Stacy Cummings told me. โ€” The U.K. and Germany team up on defense as fears grow that U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump will ditch Ukraine if he wins in [โ€ฆ]

Biden introduced Zelenskyy. It didnโ€™t go well: โ€˜Ladies and gentlemen, President Putinโ€™

With the world watching his every word, Biden needed to avoid any gaffes at the NATO summit. He wasnโ€™t able to.

Ukraine builds a NATO-lite while it waits for the real thing

Non-binding pacts are “second-best” to belonging to the alliance, but they’re the best Kyiv can get for now.

The Strange Future After a Second Trump Term

The dollar will decline, Europe will rise, and Asia will nuclearize.

NATOโ€™s Stoltenberg rules out Ukraine land-for-peace deal

While Trump advisers mull pushing Ukraine to give up land for peace, the alliance chief pointed at Russia’s refusal to abide by previous cease-fire pledges.

Ukraine โ€˜bridgeโ€™ to NATO could be dangerous, experts warn

Some foreign policy experts want Ukraine to move closer to joining the alliance, while others say it would rupture the military bloc.

EU, Ukraine to sign bilateral security agreement

The European Union and Ukraine are expected to sign a long-term security agreement when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Brussels on Thursday (27 June), pledging to maintain military support and other aid to Kyiv as it fights off Russia&#…

To understand Georgiaโ€™s European identity, look to its past

Itโ€™s important to understand why the Georgian people take to the streets any time their Euro-Atlantic path is put into doubt.

Trump threatens to cut US aid to Ukraine quickly if reelected

Ukraineโ€™s allies are scrambling to secure long-term aid for Kyivย amid fears about a second Trump term.

Biden strikes security deal with Zelenskyy โ€” but its future is in doubt

The move comes as President Biden aims to portray himself as the unquestioned leader of the West heading into Novemberโ€™s presidential election.

Biden in Normandy says he prays Americans donโ€™t become isolationists

In the first of his two addresses in France, Biden makes the case for international alliances.

NATO needs to bend its rules to help Ukraine. Hereโ€™s why.

This weekโ€™s edition of Power Play comes from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, where host Anne McElvoy talks to President Zelenskyyโ€™s closest aide, Andriy Yermak, and former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.ย  As Russian forces advance on Kharkiv, delays in weapons deliveries from the U.S. and Europe are proving costly. Now the war has reached [โ€ฆ]

Listen to the US or brace for escalation โ€” the choice is Israelโ€™s to make

Washington remains deeply anxious and more determined than ever to find an end to the escalatory pressures in the Levant.

EU sets out plan for lasting Ukraine security commitments

The EU has put together a framework document, based on the bloc’s existing and ongoing efforts, to give Ukraine lasting security commitments, according to a draft by the blocโ€™s diplomatic service (EEAS), seen by Euractiv.ย  The draft document, dat…

Itโ€™s official: Sweden to join NATO

Hungary finally lets Sweden into the military alliance, dealing a blow to Russia.

Ukraine and Denmark sign 10-year security agreement

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday (23 February) signed a bilateral security agreement – the first such pact to be made between Kyiv and a Nordic country.

Why the West is losing Ukraine

U.S. Republicans blocking aid. European right-wingers pushing to abandon Kyiv. Ultra-cautious leaders. What is the Westโ€™s real strategy on Ukraine?

Trump triggers Germanyโ€™s nuclear nightmare

German leaders fear confronting Putin’s menace without the protection of America’s nuclear umbrella.

As Ukraine signs French security deal, Macron warns Russia risk reached โ€˜new phaseโ€™

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a security pact with France on Friday (16 February), hours after securing a similar deal with Germany, as Paris hardened its tone on Russiaโ€™s threat to the West.

Germany becomes second country to sign security agreement with Ukraine

Germany became the second country, after the UK, to sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine, providing long-term security guarantees for the war-torn country, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced …

Rishi Sunak arrives in Ukraine with ยฃ2.5B and a security deal

Britain will commit to providing โ€˜swift and sustainedโ€™ help, should Russia attack Ukraine in the future.

Stalemate best describes the state of war in Ukraine

By providing Kyiv with tangible security guarantees, Moscow would be made to understand it will never determine Ukraineโ€™s future.

Hungaryโ€™s Viktor Orbรกn threatens to blow up EUโ€™s Ukraine policy

In a letter to Charles Michel, the Hungarian leader demands full review of EU policy on Ukraine.

Will Ukraine really join the EU? The answer lies with the countries facing the bill | Dermot Hodson

Upcoming membership talks must balance high political aspirations with thorny practical issues from subsidies to grainWhen the 27 EU heads of government convene in Brussels in December, they will face one of the most momentous decisions in the history …

Donโ€™t trust the data: France insists itโ€™s pulling its weight on arms to Ukraine

But the numbers show that France is doing even less than Lithuania.

US isnโ€™t ready for a war of great powers

Americaโ€™s adversaries are preparing for wider conflict โ€” to prevent war, it needs to do so as well.

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 613

Moscow says more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in Yuzhno-Donetsk; Russian losses in Avdiivka may be its worst of 2023, says UKSee all our Ukraine war coverageRussia says it has shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean …

EUโ€™s foreign policy weakness is here to stay

The outlook for Europe is only going to get tougher โ€” not only because of events unfolding in the Middle East but also the prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency.

Podemos leader calls for protests against Israelโ€™s โ€˜genocideโ€™ in Gaza

Israel is carrying out a โ€œplanned genocideโ€ in the Gaza Strip by leaving hundreds of thousands of people without water and electricity and demanding their evacuation without any security guarantees, stressed Ione Belarra, leader of the left-wing Unidas…

Ukraine tells NATO: Forget me not

The alliance insists it can handle crises in Ukraine and Israel at the same time.

Hereโ€™s how the Israel-Hamas conflict affects Ukraine, China, Iran โ€” and everyone else

From the threat of a regional war to Chinaโ€™s strange diplomacy, thereโ€™s no end to the dilemmas ahead.

How I decolonized my Russian mind and retook Kyiv

Ukrainians are responding to Vladimir Putin’s assault by reclaiming our identity from those who sought to erase it.

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 564 of the invasion

G20 declaration โ€˜nothing to be proud ofโ€™, says Kyiv; Ukraine warns against lifting sanctions as Russia pushes grain deal; Ukraine condemns lack of progress for a tribunal to prosecute Russian leadersSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe Ukrainian …

Itโ€™s time for a plan C in Ukraine

As military stalemate possibly beckons and negotiations remain a non-starter as long as Putin has no incentive to engage in good faith, what comes next?

Give Russia security guarantees for lasting peace in Ukraine, Hungary says

Senior Hungarian minister also repeats Budapest’s position that Kyiv should not join NATO.

Prigozhinโ€™s lesson for Trump & Co: Donโ€™t trust Putinโ€™s promises

Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy and Macron should all be thinking twice after Prigozhin’s death about pinning hopes on deals with Putin.

Putin canโ€™t count on his friends in Italy anymore

Russia-loving Silvio Berlusconi is dead and Italyโ€™s new leader Giorgia Meloni is Joe Bidenโ€™s ally now.

Hungary doesnโ€™t want โ‚ฌ20B fund for Ukraine military โ€” for now

Budapest said it would object to the fund until Ukraine removes a controversial Hungarian bank from its ‘war sponsors’ list.ย 

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 510 of the invasion

Russia says it carried out โ€˜revengeโ€™ strikes on Odesa and Mykolayiv after Crimea bridge was attacked; Kremlin warns it will be a risk for Ukraine to ship grain without Russian security guaranteesRussiaโ€™s defence ministry said on Tuesday it had carried …

NATO summit wrap-up and the EUโ€™s battle over biodiversity

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NATO summit in Lithuania: Zelensky, between satisfaction and frustration

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed an “important package of security guarantees” from G7 nations on Wednesday, after they vowed long-term support to help defeat Russia. “The Ukrainian delegation is bringing home a significant security victo…

G7 countries pledge long-term support for Ukraine

Capitals will discuss bilaterally with Kyiv on arms deliveries and recovery aid.

Zelenskyy puts brave face on lackluster NATO membership signal

The Ukrainian leader is touting Western security guarantees, which is angering the Kremlin.

G7 nations to announce security guarantees framework for Ukraine

G7 countries are expected to announce an international framework for Ukraineโ€™s long-term security arrangements on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius on Wednesday (12 July).

Make Ukraine a porcupine rather than a protectorate

The US shouldnโ€™t โ€” and canโ€™t โ€” guarantee Ukraineโ€™s security.

NATO falls short of giving clear path to membership for Ukraine

NATO leaders did not answer Ukraine’s plea for a clear commitment on when and under what circumstances Kyiv would join the Western military alliance on Tuesday (11 July) at their Vilnius summit.

UK resists pressure to station troops permanently in Estonia

Rishi Sunak says only that his government has a ‘long track record’ of supporting Estonia.

๐Ÿ”ด Live: Ukraine seeks security guarantees as NATO members gather in Vilnius

NATO members gather Tuesday for a two-day summit in Vilnius amid calls from President Volodymyr Zelensky to confirm Ukraine as a de-facto member. Sweden’s NATO bid appeared set to go forward after a last-minute reversal from Turkish Presidentย Recep Ta…