Russia Ukraine War
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz and Middle East envoy to visit; US, Russian top diplomats to prepare for Trump-Putin meeting.
Updated 16 Feb, 2025 03:15pm
Ukranian president says he discussed the matter with France's Macron, who asserts "Ukrainians alone" can drive discussions.
Updated 15 Feb, 2025 08:44pm
US vice president demands Europe do more for its own defence; protective cover at Chernobyl nuclear power plant hit by Russian drone.
Updated 14 Feb, 2025 09:07pm
US president says he agreed to start "peace talks" with Putin.
Updated 14 Feb, 2025 07:56am
Ukrainian president says it will not accept a peace deal without Kyiv's participation.
Updated 13 Feb, 2025 10:47pm
“We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other's nations,” US president says.
Published 12 Feb, 2025 11:45pm
Says “they may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday"; suggests trade for Kyiv's mineral resources.
Published 11 Feb, 2025 01:28pm
Says Russian president "wants to see people stop dying".
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 03:25pm
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have wanted to block Russia’s ability to geopolitically blackmail them via the electricity system.
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:31am
Ukrainian President emphasises need for security guarantees from allies as part of any settlement.
Updated 08 Feb, 2025 10:43am
Senior Russian officials visited Saudi Arabia and UAE in recent weeks, according to Russian sources.
Updated 04 Feb, 2025 10:13am
Fourteen people, including two children, killed in the city of Poltava.
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:58pm
Would the horror movie end with any degree of finality or does peace at least look likely to return even if a tad tenuously for now?
Updated 28 Jan, 2025 09:32am
India has become the world’s largest arms importer with purchases steadily rising to account for nearly 10pc of all imports globally in 2019-23.
Updated 27 Jan, 2025 02:24pm
Ukrainian president reiterates that Kyiv cannot be excluded from any peace talks.
Published 25 Jan, 2025 08:46pm
Funding for anti-HIV/AIDS initiative also paused; senate confirms former Fox News co-host Pete as Pentagon chief.
Updated 25 Jan, 2025 07:31pm
Russia president calls American counterpart "smart and pragmatic".
Published 24 Jan, 2025 09:43pm
Will Trump’s foreign policy be destabilising for the world as is being widely anticipated?
Updated 20 Jan, 2025 08:29am
Russia alleged Ukrainian troops "committed the murder of at least seven civilians" hiding in a basement.
Published 19 Jan, 2025 10:38pm
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on world to up its pressure on the Kremlin to force it to end the nearly three-year invasion.
Published 19 Jan, 2025 07:37am
Biden to be remembered as an “interlude” president between two Trump presidencies despite achievements, says analyst.
Updated 16 Jan, 2025 12:04pm
Russian military accuses Ukraine of using US, British missiles, promises strike would “not go unanswered”.
Updated 15 Jan, 2025 08:09am
Expects to be able to counteract US efforts to undermine positions of Russian companies.
Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:05pm
One of the captured soldiers says North Korean forces experienced “significant losses during battle”.
Published 12 Jan, 2025 09:45pm
New sanctions will push China and India back into compliant oil market to seek more supply from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Published 12 Jan, 2025 04:21pm
Kyiv says that North Korean troops are fighting in the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion in August.
Updated 12 Jan, 2025 10:11am
Trump's aims to swiftly end conflict concerns Kyiv that Ukraine could be forced to accept a peace deal favourable to Moscow.
Published 10 Jan, 2025 05:22pm
Russia battles blaze from drone strike for second day.
Updated 10 Jan, 2025 10:35am
“They hate us because we are offering a different, alternative path of civilised development,” Bishop Kirill says.
Published 07 Jan, 2025 12:34pm
Ukraine uses two tanks, a dozen armoured vehicles and a demolition unit in the new assault, says Russian defence ministry.
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:13pm
