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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 ...

July 30, 2025 9:35 AM

Russian airstrikes on prison, hospital kill 19 in southeastern Ukraine

Russian airstrikes on a prison and hospital in southeastern Ukraine killed at least 19 people, officials said on Tuesday, while U.S. President Donald Trump said he would start imposing punitive measures on Russia within 10 days if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its war in Ukraine. Sixteen of the people were killed when Russia bombed a prison in the frontline Zaporizhzhia region in an attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said was deliberate. He said 43 people were injured in t...

July 29, 2025 11:30 AM

Russian strikes on penal colony in Zaporizhzhia kill 16, Ukraine says

Russian strikes on a penal colony in the frontline region of Zaporizhzhia in southwestern Ukraine overnight killed 16 people and injured at least 35, regional Ukrainian military and Zaporizhzhia's governor said on Tuesday Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said that the correctional facility's buildings were destroyed, and nearby private homes were also damaged. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, condemned the strike...

July 28, 2025 6:42 PM

Trump says he is reducing 50 day deadline for Russia on war in Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was reducing the 50-day deadline he gave Russia over its war in Ukraine, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for prolonging fighting between the two countries. “I’m disappointed in President Putin,” Trump said, speaking alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of their meeting in Scotland. “I’m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number because I think I already know the answer...