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September 3, 2025 3:24 PM

Kim promises to help Russia with ‘everything’ as Putin thanks North Korea for war aid

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his full support to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, promising to do "everything I can to assist" Moscow as the Russian president thanked Pyongyang for sending troops to fight against Ukraine. The meeting took place on the sidelines of celebrations in Beijing to mark the anniversary of Japan's formal surrender in World War Two. Hours earlier, the pair flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping at a massive military parade for the first such gathering of...

August 29, 2025 10:33 AM

Missile attacks in Ukraine leave 23 dead, EU HQ damaged

Russia pounded Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early on Thursday in a sweeping attack that the U.S. special envoy on Ukraine said undermined President Donald Trump’s peace efforts. At least 23 people were killed in the capital, Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram. As of 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) rescue efforts were still underway. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump “was not happy about this news, but he was also no...

August 26, 2025 10:01 AM

Zelensky thanks PM Modi for I-Day greetings, seeks India’s role in ensuring “lasting peace”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his wishes on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day, and urged India to play a greater role in fostering peace and diplomacy amid the ongoing war with Russia. Ukraine’s Independence Day is celebrated annually on August 24, marking its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Taking to social media platform X, Zelensky said: “Thank you, Prime Minister @narendra...

August 21, 2025 12:06 PM

Talk of boots on the ground in Ukraine sparks unease in Germany

Allied talk of sending European peacekeeping forces to protect Ukraine as part of a possible peace deal with Russia has sparked a backlash in Germany, a country still scarred by its militaristic Nazi past, even if the prospect remains remote. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has signalled openness to German participation in a possible peacekeeping mission in Ukraine while emphasising that such a decision would require coordination with European partners and his own coalition. He also noted that any t...

August 19, 2025 10:22 AM

Moscow calls on London not to hinder efforts to settle Ukrainian conflict: Russian Foreign Ministry

Russia has called on the UK authorities to refrain from actions that undermine Russia and the United States’ efforts to settle the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. "Against the backdrop of the genuine desire demonstrated by the Russian and US leadership in Anchorage for a comprehensive, fair, and sustainable settlement of the conflict around Ukraine, including the elimination of its root causes, statements continue to pour out of London that no...

August 14, 2025 5:54 PM

Trump offers hope on security guarantees as Ukraine braces for Putin meet

Ukraine's allies said President Donald Trump was willing to back security guarantees for Kyiv, a potentially significant but as yet vague offer that could give some hope to Ukraine on Thursday with one day to go until a U.S.-Russia summit on ending the war. Trump had shown willingness to join the guarantees at a last-ditch virtual meeting with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday, leaders said, though he made no public mention of them afterwards. Zelenskiy ...

August 14, 2025 10:32 AM

Putin appears ready to test new missile as he prepares for Trump talks, researchers say

Russia appears to be preparing to test its new nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to two U.S. researchers and a Western security source, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin readies for talks on Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday. Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies and Decker Eveleth of the CNA research and analysis organisation, based in Virginia, reached their assessments separately by studying imagery ...

August 13, 2025 9:54 AM

Ukraine, sidelined in Trump-Putin summit, fights Russian grab for more territory

Small bands of Russian soldiers thrust deeper into eastern Ukraine on Tuesday before a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, which European leaders fear could end in peace terms imposed on an unlawfully shrunken Ukraine. In one of the most extensive incursions so far this year, Russian troops advanced near the coal-mining town of Dobropillia, part of Putin’s campaign to take full control of Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Ukraine’s military dispatched ...

August 11, 2025 8:18 PM

PM Modi holds phone call with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, emphasizes early peaceful resolution

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reaffirming India’s steadfast commitment to the peaceful settlement of the ongoing Ukraine conflict. The two leaders also discussed strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation in areas of mutual interest. According to a release from the Prime Minister’s Office, PM Modi expressed appreciation to President Zelenskyy and reiterated India’s consistent position supporting effort...

August 2, 2025 11:47 AM

Trump orders nuclear submarines moved after Russian ‘provocative statements’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in "the appropriate regions" in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. Security analysts called Trump's move a rhetorical escalation with Moscow, but not necessarily a military one, given that the United States already has nuclear-powered submarines that are deployed and capable of striking Russia. Medvedev on ...