US President Donald Trump said he had successfully appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt bombing of cities and towns in Ukraine as the country prepares for an extreme cold snap. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week, and he agreed to do that,”…
US officials said Saturday that discussions were constructive, even though no peace deal was finalized during the first trilateral meeting between the US, Ukraine and Russia since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago. The parties all agreed to meet again next Sunday to continue negotiations, added the officials, who spoke on condition of…
Donald Trump on Vladimir Putin: The war between Russia and Ukraine is not ending. America is continuously trying to end this war. Meanwhile, Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked US President Donald Trump if he would ever order a mission to capture Russian President Vladimir Putin, just as the US conducted the…
President Donald Trump’s administration and Ukraine’s allies converged toward an agreement to offer security guarantees long sought by Kyiv during a Tuesday meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing. Special envoy Steve Witkoff, who represented the US at the Paris gathering, said they made significant progress and “largely finished the security protocols.” France and…
European leaders and US officials aim to finalize an agreement on security guarantees that include the possibility of American boots on the ground in postwar Ukraine in a bid to ensure that any peace deal endures. The talks in Paris on Tuesday will focus on how to integrate capabilities recently proposed by Washington with plans…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky began the New Year with a stark message of resolve, telling his nation and the world: “What does Ukraine want? Peace? Yes. At any cost? No,” he said. “We want the end of the war — not the end of Ukraine. Are we tired? Extremely. Does that mean we are ready…
President Donald Trump appeared to signal his displeasure with Russian President Vladimir Putin by sharing a New York Post editorial that sharply criticizes the Kremlin and argues Trump should “turn up the heat” on Russia. Trump in a social-media post on Wednesday shared the editorial, titled “Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing…
US President Donald Trump expressed optimism over the prospects of a peace deal in Ukraine ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to his Mar-a-Lago club on Sunday. “Well, I think we have a good shot at it,” Trump told The New York Post in a phone call on Friday. Challenges in negotiations Trump acknowledged…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he plans to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump “in the coming days,” signaling optimism about reaching a peace deal to end Russia’s almost four-year war. “A lot could be decided before the New Year,” Zelenskiy said Friday in a Telegram and X post after receiving an update from Rustem…
