Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector and infrastructure in recent weeks, targeting power stations and railway hubs as winter deepens and the war approaches its fourth anniversary. Read more
Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia, and he dismissed European counter-proposals on Ukraine as being absolutely unacceptable to Russia. Read more
The departure of Andriy Yermak put in doubt the future of the latest round of diplomatic efforts by the United States, Ukraine and European nations to end the war. Read more
The paper, a non-official communication known in diplomatic parlance as a “non-paper,” contained language that the Russian government had previously put forward at the negotiating table. Read more
Republican divisions over President Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace push burst into public view Tuesday as senior GOP lawmakers accused his team of appeasing Russia in negotiations. Read more
Zelenskyy urged European leaders to hash out a framework for deploying a “reassurance force” to Ukraine and to keep backing Kyiv for as long as Moscow showed no inclination to end its invasion. Read more
Tommy Pigott, a State Department spokesperson, denied an allegation that the plan was essentially a Russian wish list, saying that this was “blatantly false.” Read more
Trump told Fox News Radio he believed next Thursday was an appropriate deadline for Kyiv to accept the plan. Read more
European countries are pushing back against the plan, which sources said would require Kyiv to give up more land and partially disarm, conditions long seen by Ukraine’s allies as tantamount to capitulation. Read more
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The Poseidon is one of Russia’s six nuclear-weapons projects, called superweapons by experts, unveiled before the invasion of Ukraine as apparent leverage in disarmament talks with the United States. Read more
Trump said on Wednesday that the planned summit was off because it would not achieve the outcome he wanted and complained that his many “good conversations” with Putin did not “go anywhere.” Read more
Trump said last week that he planned on meeting with Putin after senior American and Russian officials spoke. Read more
“We expect that in this very difficult situation, Ukraine must be prepared to find gas worth $2 billion,” Zelenskyy said in comments from a Sunday media briefing that were cleared for publication on Monday. Read more
Zelenskyy was speaking before Reuters and other news organisations reported that Trump had pushed Zelenskyy to give up territory during their meeting, which sources described as more tense than initially disclosed. Read more
Kyiv has said for several weeks that its forces have advanced around the town of Dobropillia near the logistical hub of Pokrovsk, one of the key targets of Russian troops advancing slowly westward through Donetsk region. Read more
The warning came after Estonia said on Friday that three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated its airspace for 12 minutes before NATO Italian fighter jets escorted them out. Read more
Trump made his comment in a post on his Truth Social platform soon after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. He had previously said that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to cede land to end the war. Read more
Romania scrambled two F-16 fighter jets and later two Eurofighters — part of German air policing missions in Romania — and warned citizens in the southeastern county of Tulcea to take cover. Read more
Thousands of Poles are signing up for voluntary military training as Poland’s army seeks to fill its ranks with professional and voluntary personnel amid escalating concerns over Russia’s military aggression. Read more
Warsaw has portrayed the drone incursions as an attempt by Russia to test the capabilities of Poland and NATO to respond. Read more
Poland also banned drone flights along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine, and limited small air traffic there, after shooting down what it said were Russian drones that violated its airspace. Read more
