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Ukraine summit as it happened: Trump says he's arranging a Putin-Zelenskiy meeting

Trump interrupted his talks in Washington with European leaders to call Putin, an EU diplomat told Reuters. Zelenskiy posted ...

In letter to Putin, US first lady asks him to consider the children in push to end war in Ukraine

Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter calling for peace in Ukraine, having her husband Donald Trump deliver ...

Trump caught on hot mic about Putin during White House talks on Ukraine peace

President Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic telling French President Emmanuel Macron that Vladimir Putin “wants to make a ...

Donbas: The object of Putin’s desire and the crux of the war in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Donbas region, consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk, is at the heart of Moscow’s goals. An industrial powerhouse in ...

'We don't have to ask Putin for permission to station troops in Ukraine', says former Lithuanian foreign minister

Gabrielius Landsbergis, former foreign minister of Lithuania, discusses the European leaders gathering in D.C. in support of ...
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Putin’s “land swap” is really a grab for Ukraine’s fortress belt

At the top of Vladimir Putin’s shopping-list is the western part of Donetsk province, which is still firmly in Ukrainian ...

Putin agreed to let US, Europe offer NATO-style security protections for Ukraine, Trump envoy says

Steve Witkoff says Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer ...

Trump gives his ‘assurance’ for no U.S. boots on the ground in Ukraine

President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged that American troops would not be on the ground in Ukraine — but provided little other insight into the scale of U.S. security guarantees as he pushes to end ...