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June 1, 2025 1:43 PM

Bridges collapse in 2 Russian regions bordering Ukraine, 7 dead

Two bridges collapsed in different Russian regions bordering Ukraine, derailing trains and killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, Russian authorities said early on Sunday, while a Russian politician called Kyiv a "terrorist enclave". Reuters could not independently confirm whether the incidents in the neighbouring regions were related. The areas in Russia's south have been subject to frequent attacks by Ukraine during the war that Russia started with its full-scale invasion more tha...

May 29, 2025 12:53 PM

Trump again criticizes Putin as Ukraine war heats up

U.S. President Donald Trump again expressed frustration on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the intensifying Ukraine conflict, a day after warning that Putin was "playing with fire" by resisting ceasefire talks while escalating drone and missile attack s. But Trump also told reporters in the Oval Office that he was not yet prepared to impose new sanctions on Russia because he did not want the penalties to scuttle a potential peace deal. Russia has proposed holding the next ...

May 27, 2025 2:18 PM

Russian drone attacks dip in intensity after three nights of massive bombardment

Russia launched 60 drones at Ukraine overnight, injuring several people, officials in Kyiv said on Tuesday, indicating a sharp decrease in the intensity of Moscow's attacks after it conducted three nights of massive aerial bombardment. The earlier attacks - which the Ukrainian Air Force said included a record barrage of 355 drones on Sunday night - prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to say that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "gone absolutely CRAZY" and threaten sanctions. The air force...

May 26, 2025 10:19 AM

I don’t know what’s wrong with him: Trump says he is not happy with Putin for bombing Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed deep unhappiness at Russia’s weekend bombing of Ukraine, saying of Russian President Vladimir Putin, “I’m not happy with Putin.” “I don’t know what’s wrong with him. What the hell happened to him? Right? He’s killing a lot of people. I’m not happy about that,” Trump told reporters at the airport in Morristown, New Jersey, as he prepared to return to Washington. Trump spoke in reaction to a Russian barrage of 367 drones...

May 17, 2025 10:13 AM

Ukraine calls on allies to keep pressure on Russia after talks yield no ceasefire

Ukraine rallied support from its Western allies on Friday after Kyiv and Moscow failed to agree to a ceasefire at their first direct talks in more than three years, with Russia presenting conditions that a Ukrainian source described as "non-starters". Under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War Two, delegates from the warring countries met for the first time since March 2022, the month after Russia invaded its neighbour. The t...

May 16, 2025 11:41 AM

Peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelenskiy in Turkey

Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey on Thursday, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine's president said his defence minister would head up Kyiv's team. They will be the first direct talks between the sides since March 2022, but hopes of a major breakthrough were further dented by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said there would be no movement without a meeting between himself and Putin. U....

May 13, 2025 4:01 PM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin in Istanbul

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will only attend talks on Ukraine if Russia's Vladimir Putin is also there, the Ukrainian leader's top aide said on Tuesday, challenging the Kremlin to show it is genuine about seeking peace. U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to attend Thursday's proposed meeting in Istanbul, which has become the focus of his attempts to end the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two. Putin has yet to say if he will take part. Both Russia and Ukraine have s...

April 28, 2025 11:06 AM

Trump urges Russia to stop Ukraine attacks; Rubio says US might walk away from peace efforts

President Donald Trump urged Russia on Sunday to stop its attacks in Ukraine while his top diplomat said the United States might walk away from peace efforts if it does not see progress. Speaking to reporters in New Jersey, Trump said he was disappointed that Russia has continued to attack Ukraine, and said his one-on-one meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican on Saturday had gone well. "I see him as calmer. I think he understands the picture, and I think he wa...

April 25, 2025 9:01 AM

Trump tells Putin to ‘STOP’ after Russian attack kills 12 in Kyiv

Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least 12 people, in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year and drawing a rare rebuke from U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, who told Vladimir Putin: "Vladimir, STOP!" Trump told reporters at the White House that his administration was applying "a lot of pressure" on Russia and reiterated his displeasure with the attack. But he said significant progress had been made in peace negotiations and the Kremlin had made a "...

President Donald J Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday, Feb 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

April 17, 2025 9:02 AM

Ukraine, US make ‘substantial progress’ on minerals deal, Kyiv says

Ukraine and the United States have made "substantial progress" in their talks on a minerals deal and will sign a memorandum in the near future, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking a bilateral minerals deal as part of his push to end Ukraine's war against the Russian invasion. Trump also sees it as a way to recover billions of dollars the U.S. has spent on military assistance to Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said ...