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US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington could quit talks to end the Ukraine war within days unless there is rapid progress from Moscow and Kyiv. The warning confirmed a sudden change of US messaging, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier saying in Paris that the United States would “move on” if peace …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged “pressure” on Russia to end the three-year war as his top aides visited Paris for talks with US and EU officials on the conflict. At least 10 people were reported killed and dozens wounded Thursday as Russia pounded Ukraine with drone strikes and shells. “Russia uses every day and …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit South Africa next month, the African country’s presidency announced Friday. “President Zelensky will be visiting South Africa on the 10th of April,” presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya told AFP. The visit “is a continuation of ongoing engagements” on “an inclusive peace process” between Russia and Ukraine, he said. South African …
The live drama staged in the Oval Office on February 28 between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was such that Zelenskyy might never have rehearsed in all his former life as a comedian. Except that it wasn’t funny. It was unprecedented. You would need to go back 64 years to find anything …
US President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine on Monday, a White House official said, sharply escalating pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia. The move comes just days after a stunning public clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump, who is seeking a rapid end to the war. Trump …
Volodymyr Zelensky told British media Sunday it would not be easy to replace him as Ukraine’s president, but repeated his offer to step down in exchange for NATO membership for his war-torn country. US Republicans had suggested he may have to resign after US President Donald Trump dramatically turned against him during a contentious Oval …
Ukraine’s European allies, set to gather in London on Sunday, rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump threw him out of the White House and accused him of not being “ready” for peace with Russia. Stunned by Friday’s altercation in the Oval Office, which saw Zelensky depart the White House without signing an expected …
US President Donald Trump cut short a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday and said the Ukrainian leader is “not ready” for peace with Russia in an extraordinary meltdown in the Oval Office that threw question marks over chances for a truce. Zelensky was meant to be making a full White House visit to sign …
US President Donald Trump on Thursday voiced respect for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the eve of his visit, downplaying an earlier jibe that he was a “dictator.” “I think we’re going to have a very good meeting tomorrow morning. We’re going to get along really well,” Trump said. “I have a lot of respect …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said Donald Trump was living in a Russian “disinformation space”, responding to scathing comments by the US president that Zelensky’s popularity rating is four percent. “Unfortunately, President Trump, who we have great respect for as leader of the American people … lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky told reporters …