Russia-Ukraine talks planned for November in UAE: Kremlin
The US-brokered talks are the first planned talks since negotiations stopped earlier this year.
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The US-brokered talks are the first planned talks since negotiations stopped earlier this year.
Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States are planned to resume in November in the United Arab Emirates, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled Moscow is willing in principle to resume talks with Ukraine and the US.
US President Donald Trump's pivot away from Ukraine has triggered fresh questions about his attachment to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the man a top American envoy flattered on Wednesday as a "humanitarian. Trump has cast his dealings with Putin as part of a mega-deal that has secured the release of American detainee Stephen Hubbard -- and which Trump says will end Russia's war on Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kharkiv.
Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, LIVE from Kyiv. And he warns, "I'm seeing, I'm smelling a Yalta II. I'm smelling another Munich (1938), where we're seeing appeasement of the aggressor." Ukraine faces the possibility that its sovereignty and security could become mere bargaining chips in an era Zalmayev describes as great-power "collusion". He delivers a forceful critique of the Trump administration's approach to Russia, arguing that Washington is weakening Ukraine's negotiating position while offering Vladimir Putin little incentive to abandon his maximalist demands. At stake, he suggests, are the cohesion of the transatlantic alliance, and the credibility of Western security commitments.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US special envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington’s latest push to stop Europe’s bloodiest conflict since second world war. The talks in St Petersburg, the ninth time that Witkoff has met Putin in person, began with a goodwill gesture from Russia – the release of a retired US teacher held in Russia. The encounter comes amid concerns in Kyiv and among its allies that the...
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg Wednesday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo. US news outlet Axios reported that Witkoff would be presenting Putin with an updated peace proposal on ending the war in Ukraine.
The US secretary of state rejects accusations Ukrainians were dying because the US was withholding intelligence.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is travelling to Norway for new peace talks as US pressure mounts for concessions from Kyiv to reach a deal with Russia. US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Oslo to take part in the talks on Tuesday with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, according to a government statement in Norway. Another US envoy, Jared Kushner, will take part online in the talks, the statement said. The meeting is being held amid...
Earlier this month, South Korea recalled its ambassador from Kyiv after Zelenskyy disclosed the prisoner transfer.
Ukraine relies on US intel through Starshield to spot fast-moving ballistic missiles that Russia fires at its cities.
US president accuses Ukrainian leader of not wanting to end the war, as Zelenskyy speaks with Washington envoys.
Two men tell of the work they say they have been doing to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.
Rep. Marc Veasey, a Texas Democrat, tells Bloomberg This Weekend that President Donald Trump’s recent moves involving Russia and Ukraine warrant greater congressional scrutiny, while warning that questions over Ukraine’s access to US military technology could undermine allies’ confidence in American defense products. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Veasey also says Tarrant County will be crucial to Democrats’ chances in Texas, arguing that strong performance there could help Senate candidate James Talarico win statewide. (Source: Bloomberg)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s decision to waive sanctions and tariffs on Russia would last 60 days, as the move drew bipartisan criticism and raised fears in Ukraine that Washington could ease further restrictions on Moscow.
From US threats to cut off intelligence support for Ukraine to a waiver of tariffs on Russian exports and a diesel deal that could help Russia fund its war, it has been a damaging week for ties between Kyiv and its most important ally, Washington. US President Donald Trump, frustrated by high energy costs he blames partly on Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, has repeatedly criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A disruption of US-provided satellite internet services raised...
Republicans and Democrats condemn Trump’s decision to suspend sanctions, saying it undermines support for Ukraine.
Bloomberg News Russia economy and government editor Anthony Halpin and White House correspondent Jeff Mason tell Bloomberg This Weekend that President Donald Trump’s waiver of new Russia sanctions could offer Moscow economic and diplomatic opportunities while adding pressure on Ukraine. (Source: Bloomberg)
Donald Trump said Friday he did not request a reduction in Starshield services for Ukraine, after tech billionaire Elon Musk insisted any limits on the SpaceX-operated communications system would ultimately have come from the US president.
Many delegates to the International Monetary Fund’s steering committee walked out of a meeting on Saturday when Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov addressed the group in Russian, three sources familiar with the matter said. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has roiled the International Monetary and Financial Committee, preventing it from reaching consensus statements in the years since. There were deep divisions again at this week’s annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank...
Trump says parts of a new law that aims to punish Moscow for its war against Ukraine are against US national interests.
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest. Named after late South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, the measure had sought to clamp down more quickly on the flow of financial resources fuelling the war against Ukraine. The move comes a week after Trump stunningly said the US had agreed to purchase diesel from Russia to try to bring down...
Pope Leo spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine, as he recovers in hospital from a lung cancer operation. The Vatican said that Pope Leo “expressed his deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and called for a ceasefire to allow the delivery of food and medical assistance, and the voluntary and safe evacuation of the civilian population”. The...
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy asks EU leaders for extra $79bn to help fight Russia next year.