Europeโs leaders find no quick response to Trumpโs bombshell on Ukraine
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, has called on the US to provide a ‘backstop’ to deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again after meeting with European leaders for emergency talks on the war. Starmer said US president Donald Trumpโs comments aski…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview broadcast Monday that the US is trying to “please” Moscow after a shock policy shift on the Ukraine war under President Donald Trump. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Europe’s cu…
European leaders are meeting in Paris for an emergency summit on Ukraine, following last weekโs call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. With NATOโs most powerful member sidelining its allies in talks with Russia, is the U.S. still a reliable par…
European leaders sought to find a unified response at an emergency summit in Paris Monday following a shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine by US President Donald Trump. The talks were held as Washington and Moscow’s top diplomats were due Tuesday …
Donald Trump’s diplomatic coup de force came as a shock to the Ukrainian president, who has faced criticism at home after a series of missteps. Observers say he is ‘nervous and tired’ after three years of war.
Ukraine doesn’t have to accept whatever peace plan Russia and the United States present, Scholz added.
Leaders arrive at Paris summit for urgent talks on Ukraine after week that showed how far values have divergedEurope live โ latest updatesThey came smiling, but the task was immense. After dozens of summits at which a hesitant and discordant EU had fai…
Labour MPs โ and opposition lawmakers too โ are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.
BBC reporters analyse what European powers in Paris, and Russian and US officials in Saudi Arabia aim to achieve.
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.
The US is treating the EU like a “junior partner” in attempting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, FRANCE 24โs Armen Georgian said in an analysis. Citing President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin and potential talks with Ukraine’s Zelen…
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
The brutalising reality of the battlefield connects five different stories in this anti-war dramaThis portmanteau film โ produced by Warsaw Film School and released for the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine โ is in the Come and See …
Prime minister heads to Washington to meet with US president as European capitals fret over Ukraine’s future.
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…
Russia’s foreign minister has dismissed the prospect of a place for Europe at talks between the US and Russia to end the fighting in Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference alongside his Serbian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov said: ‘If they are going to we…
As European leaders hold war talks in Paris, Keir Starmer said he was willing to put ‘our own troops on the ground if necessary’. Sweden said it would not rule out sending troops, while Poland ruled this out and Germany said it would ‘wait and see’.
Ursula Von der Leyen will attend an emergency meeting in Paris about the war in Ukraine to react to Washington’s shock policy shift.
Keith Kellogg will be in Ukraine for two days this week.
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Recordings of fightersโ wiretapped phone calls are juxtaposed with images of wartime destruction in Oksana Karpovychโs compelling war documentaryVietnam saw the advent of the visible war, documented by TV cameras; but the Russia-Ukraine war perhaps rep…
The Ukrainian leader said he will be in Turkey while Russia and the US speak in Riyadh.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused Europe of wanting to ‘continue war’ in Ukraine, as Russian and US officials prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia and European leaders convene in Paris for an emergency summit in response.
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.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would deploy troops to Ukraine if needed, a pledge reiterated by Sweden on Monday just hours before European leaders meet in Paris to address Washington’s shock policy shift on the war. France has warned that EU …
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With Germany embroiled in political and economic difficulties, nuclear advocates see an opportunity to score points in Brussels.
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
As a result of the Russian threat, the Baltic state has decided to increase its military spending to 6% of its GDP by 2030.
We call on the EUโs member countries and institutions to be the voice of human dignity globally, and to mobilize, defend and support the court.
At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a satrap of the U.S. or breaking free to steer its own course โ and it must decide quickly.
Ukraine and Europe worry about being sidelined as Trump remains persistent to go ahead with direct talks with Russia to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.
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.
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It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about sending British peacekeepers to UkraineKeir Starmer has said he is prepared to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, acknowledging…
โOne phone call does not make peace,โ the secretary of State said.
Ukrainian refugee Kateryna Halkina hopes lessons from UK MBA will help with postwar recovery
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.
European papers express deep alarm at declaration of an โideological warโ, while the NYT says Putin may soon โrealise his dreamโThis yearโs Munich security conference exposed the chasm in core values separating the Trump administration from most Europe…
Ukrainian president tells NBCโs Meet the Press that Putinโs next targets may be Poland and LithuaniaVolodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday predicted Russia would โwage war against Natoโ if the US stepped back from its support of Ukraine โ and that he had seen i…
Israeli leader declares “full cooperation and coordination” with Washington as Marco Rubio starts Mideast tour.
The Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with Americaโs plans in flux.ย
โI do not know what it is,โ said Ukraineโs President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said.
And in an indication of how serious the violence is, the Minister of the Interior and Security Bernard Quintin visited the scene of the shooting.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.
The former UK prime minister says democracy in Europe and across the globe is โunder threatโ. This live blog is closedโWe canโt just be supineโ: UK Liberal Democrat leader urges Starmer to stand up to โbullyโ TrumpFranceโs Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Ba…
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…
US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Russiaโs Sergei Lavrov discuss removing โunilateral barriersโ; Trumpโs Ukraine envoy suggests Europe will be excluded from negotiations. What we know on day 1,089 Continue reading…
Thousands demonstrated in Germany at the site of the Munich Security Conference protesting against NATO, the arms industry and further weapons deliveries to Ukraine as a counter pro-Ukraine protest also took place.
It comes as Donald Trump’s envoy says Europe will not be involved in peace talks to end the war.
Negotiators from Kyiv will be joining the talks that launch in the coming days.
The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.
Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ will travel to Washington on Monday in an attempt to ward off an impending trade war.
A group of European countries has been quietly working on a plan to send troops into Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Russia, AP has reported, saying the UK and France are at the forefront of the effort.
The European Commission is trying to head off a transatlantic trade conflict.
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.
European leaders are trying to make sense of a tough new line from Washington on issues including democracy and Ukraine’s future. As the Trump administration continues to upend trans-Atlantic conventions that have been in place since after World War I…
Despite talk of a peace agreement, Russia is continuing to wage war against Ukraine.
Donald Trump’s vice president said that the greatest threat to the Old Continent was neither Russia nor China but its ‘the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.’ He did not dwell on the Ukrainian question.
The grim prognosis comes as the conflict appears to be entering a new phase.
The hostages due to be freed are Alexander Troufanov, Yair Horn and Sagui Dekel-Chen. Israel will release 369 Palestinian prisoners.
Ukraine will only have a low chance of surviving should it lose the backing of its main ally the United States in the face of Russiaโs war of aggression, the countryโs president Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with NBC that will be broadcast o…
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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.
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The Hungarian leader repeated Kremlin talking points in an interview with Tucker Carlson.
The Italian prime minister stood by her presidentโs comparison of Russia to Nazi Germany.
US Vice President JD Vance has pledged that Washington seeks to secure a “lasting” peace as he held a first meeting with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Donald Trump’s push for a deal with Moscow. For in-depth analysis and a deeper pers…
Ukrainian leader appears reassured after Munich bilateral, having feared he could be bounced into peace negotiationsEurope live โ latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said during a meeting with the US vice-president, JD Vance, that his country wants โ…
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“I donโt want to go [down] in history as [the] president who helped Putin to occupy my country,โ says Ukrainian leader.
JD Vance stunned the audience with his broadside on the way Europe is run.
Attack during night before Munich Security Conference started fire but did not cause radiation leak, says KyivEurope live โ latest updates
A Russian drone carrying a high-explosive warhead struck the protective containment shell of the Chornobyl nucle…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has a “stark” message for European allies.
Ukrainian leader implores the West to “stop this crazy guy.”
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is breaking with the line from the Trump White House.
“That’s what we’ve been waiting for,” Hungarian prime minister says.
Europe needs a change of mindset on the economy and defense, Macron tells the Financial Times.
“Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” says International Atomic Energy Agency.
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But a Ukrainian official says talks with Russia “are not expected” and Moscow does not comment.