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Trump rules out deploying US troops in Ukraine under security guarantees
The US president, however, said that Washington is ready to provide air support to Kyiv in an attempt to play by the security guarantees deal. This would still be a major shift in his administration’s policy on the conflict US President Donald...

Alaska coffee klatch nets nothing for Ukraine, plenty for Putin
Departing Alaska after a mega-hyped meeting with Vladimir Putin that gave the Russian dictator plenty to smile about, President Donald Trump trotted out the customary hogwash. It was, he proclaimed, “a great and very successful day in Alaska.” For...

Is Kosovo the model for a UK peacekeeping mission in Ukraine?
A momentous step towards a future peace deal or the latest in a series of false dawns in the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, the end result of recent diplomatic efforts by the warring parties with the US and Europeans remain as yet unknown. Following...

European Leaders Praised Trump During These Ukraine Peace Talks...And the Media Is Getting Nervous
President Trump met with numerous world leaders on Monday. It was a tremendous success, another sign that ‘America is back,’ which rings true under this presidency, not the drool-in-soup, Weekend and Bernie’s production that was the Biden...

Trump Imposed Sanctions on India to Pressure Russia, End Ukraine War: White House
The White House says President Trump imposed sanctions on India to pressure Russia and push for an end to the Ukraine war. Trump has met Zelensky and engaged European leaders to broker lasting peace in the conflict. Washington: US White House...

The significance of the Donbas in Russia's war in Ukraine
In their meeting in Alaska on Monday,Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, are reported to have agreed that Ukraine should cede Donetsk and Luhansk. Putin wants Ukraine's armed forces to withdraw completely from...

Ukraine peace talks after Trump rejects US troops deployment
WASHINGTON: Top US and European military officers met in Washington Tuesday to discuss the mechanics of a possible Ukraine peace deal. President Donald Trump has ruled out sending American troops to back an agreement but suggested air support...

Ukraine and Korea will cooperate on projects to restore port infrastructure
A working meeting was held in Warsaw under the Memorandum of Understanding between Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities and Territories Development and Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. The main focus was on strategic directions for...

NATO, EU to decide on Ukrainian army’s size — security officials
MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. NATO and the European Union will determine the size of the contingent of the Ukrainian armed forces, a source in the Russian law enforcement agencies told TASS. The source said that Ukrainian Defense Minister Denis...

Top Brazilian diplomat supports Russia-US efforts to settle Ukrainian crisis — Russian MFA
MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. In a telephone conversation with top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira supported the joint Russia-US push to achieve peace in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. "Vieira...

Thefts as fortifications constructed allow Ukraine to occupy Kursk Region — law enforcers
MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. Theft and embezzlement during the construction of fortifications on the border with Ukraine, with former governor of the Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov and his former deputy Alexey Dedov being the main defendants,...

Ukrainian jazz pianist pays homage to the fallen
One of the first things that jumps out about Fima Chupakhin is that he loves to laugh. He has the kind of contagious, welcoming and easygoing attitude that rubs off on other people. His generally positive disposition flows into his passion for...

Rome as venue for trilateral Ukraine meeting unlikely — sources
ROME, August 19. /TASS/. A summit with Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky in the Italian capital is unlikely to happen, diplomatic sources told TASS. "A meeting in Rome is unlikely," a source said,...

Ukrainian language film selected as Ireland’s Oscar entry
The Irish-made, Ukrainian-language documentary Sanatorium, produced by Dublin production company Venom Films, will be Ireland’s Oscar entry this year in the Best International Feature category. Ireland secured its first nomination in the category...

Trump finally broke deadlock between Russia & Ukraine but…: White House slams media for rooting against President
The media was “actively rooting” against US President Donald Trump's peace efforts, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her press briefing on Tuesday. "One thing that has absolutely not changed is the media's negative and...

Kyiv residents react to Zelenskyy-Trump talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine
By Euronews with AP Published on 19/08/2025 - 19:57 GMT+2 •Updated 20:02 Residents of Kyiv held their breath as they closely watched meetings between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump and European...

How to keep Putin at bay? The deadlock over security guarantees for Ukraine.
"It’s too early to contemplate such a development,” Selim Yenel, a former Turkish ambassador to the EU, told POLITICO. And Ankara, he warned, would demand something in return. “As for the quid pro quo, it would still be difficult to overcome the...

Trump imposed sanctions on India to pressure Russia over Ukraine war: White House
US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump’s decision to impose steep tariffs on India was aimed at indirectly pressuring Russia to end its war in Ukraine. She told reporters that Trump had doubled India's...

The U.S – Russia Relationship and War in Ukraine
This past Friday, August 15, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit in Anchorage, Alaska—the first visit by Putin to American soil in ten years. The meeting ended without an agreement to secure a ceasefire...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets dressing down before White House conference, essentially informed to give up
The TOI reporter from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump candidly informed Ukraine’s President Voldymyr Zelenskyy ahead of their White House conference on Monday afternoon to quit area his nation has actually lost to Russia and ignore signing...