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December 14, 2025 4:58 PM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ditches NATO ambition ahead of peace talks

Ukraine has relinquished its ambition of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ahead of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin. The move marks a major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join NATO as a safeguard against Russian attacks and has such an aspiration included in its constitution. It also meets one of Russia's war aims, although Kyiv has so far held firm against ceding...

November 24, 2025 9:19 AM

US, Ukraine to continue work on ‘refined’ peace plan to end war with Russia

The United States and Ukraine were set to continue work on Monday on a plan to end the war with Russia after agreeing to modify an earlier proposal that was widely seen as too favorable to Moscow. The two sides said in a joint statement they had drafted a "refined peace framework" after talks in Geneva on Sunday, although they did not provide specifics. The White House separately said the Ukrainian delegation had told them it "reflects their national interests" and "addresses their core strate...

November 23, 2025 11:22 AM

EAM Jaishankar speaks to Ukrainian FM, discusses latest conflict-related developments

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Sunday said he had a phone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and discussed the latest developments in Ukraine's ongoing conflict with Russia. In a post on X, EAM Jaishankar said, "Had a telecon with FM Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine last evening. Appreciate his briefing on the ongoing developments related to the Ukraine conflict. Reiterated India's support for an early end to this conflict and the establishment of an enduring p...

November 23, 2025 9:08 AM

US, Ukraine and European officials hold talks in Geneva on Trump’s plan to end war

Top officials from the United States, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, Britain and Germany hold talks in Geneva on Sunday to discuss Washington's draft plan to end the war in Ukraine. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were due to arrive on Sunday for the talks on ending Russia's invasion, now in its fourth year. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had until Thursday to approve the 28-point pla...

November 21, 2025 9:20 AM

Zelenskiy ready for ‘honest’ work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after talks with a top U.S. Army official on Thursday he was ready for "honest" work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia. According to the U.S.-backed plan, seen by Reuters, Kyiv would be required to give up the entire Donbas region and significantly downsize its military, conditions long seen by Ukraine's allies as tantamount to capitulation. The plan says Ukraine woul...

November 20, 2025 4:42 PM

Europeans push back at US plan that would force concessions from Ukraine

European countries pushed back on Thursday against a U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine that sources said would require Kyiv to give up more land and partially disarm, conditions long seen by Ukraine's allies as tantamount to capitulation. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday that Washington had signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war, which includes territorial concessions and curbs to Ukraine's armed ...

October 28, 2025 3:06 PM

Zelenskiy says Kyiv ready for peace talks, but will not cede territory

Ukraine is ready for peace talks but will not withdraw its troops from additional territory first as Moscow has demanded, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. In comments to reporters released on Tuesday, he said he was happy for talks to be held anywhere, except in Russia itself or on the territory of its close ally Belarus. Plans for a summit in Budapest this month between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin were put on hold after Moscow stuck to demands, including that Uk...

October 25, 2025 3:26 PM

Putin envoy Dmitriev says US, Ukraine and Russia close to ‘diplomatic solution’ on war

Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said on Friday he believes his country, the United States and Ukraine are close to a diplomatic solution to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Speaking to CNN after arriving in Washington for talks with U.S. officials, Dmitriev said that a meeting between Donald Trump and Putin had not been cancelled, as the U.S. president described it, and that the two leaders will likely meet at a later date. ...

October 21, 2025 4:15 PM

Kremlin says timing of Trump-Putin summit is unclear

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was unclear when a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on seeking an end to the war in Ukraine would take place, and that no dates had been mentioned by anyone. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the Ukraine war, the deadliest in Europe since World War Two, though he has said that finding peace has been harder than reaching a ceasefire in Gaza or ending a conflict between India and Pakistan. After speaking to Put...

October 21, 2025 4:05 PM

Russian bombardment plunges hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into blackout

A Russian bombardment of energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine's Chernihiv region without power and some without water on Tuesday, with repairs slowed down by the lingering threat of drone strikes, officials said. The energy ministry said that the regional capital, also called Chernihiv, and the northern part of the province had lost all electricity supply. The attack, which also targeted the neighbouring Sumy region of northern Ukraine, was the latest in a camp...