Zelenskiy and Starmer discuss security guarantees ahead of Trump-Putin summit
Ukrainian president in London to try to prevent any US-Russian deal that would carve up his country
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Zelenskiy to visit Downing Street ahead of Trump meeting with Putin
European leaders and Ukrainian president speak with Trump ahead of Friday’s US-Russia summit
As the presidential race begins, ordinary citizens must speak up for democratic principles
External funding, smear campaigns and bots have become familiar features of elections elsewhere
Trump threatens ‘very severe consequences’ if Putin refuses to end Ukraine war
US president seeks to allay European concerns with focus on ceasefire as Alaska talks near
European leaders eye Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine with anxiety
Despite positive spin from Wednesday’s meeting, Zelenskiy and Europe will be shut out of Alaska summit
Russia tries to align stars for historic deal with Trump at Alaska summit
Kremlin could offer pacts on arms control and Arctic alongside talks on Ukraine and ending sanctions
Why Putin has good reasons to be hopeful for Friday’s summit meeting with Trump
The Russian president knows Trump is desperate for a deal on Ukraine
Ahead of Trump-Putin talks, 26 EU leaders say Ukraine must decide own future
Heads of state and government issue joint statement calling for ‘meaningful negotiations’
A crude awakening: PetroNeft’s well runs dry
The death knell has been sounded for the Dublin-based, Russia-focused oil and gas explorer
Trump to consult with European leaders before Putin summit, says Germany
Ukraine fears being sidelined from talks on country’s future when US and Russian presidents meet on Friday
Confusion over Alaska summit shows Vladimir Putin still calls the shots
Kyiv is unlikely to renounce legal claims to its territory, but the Ukrainian elite and much of Ukrainian society is ready for a deal to end the conflict
Zelenskiy seeks seat at table with Trump and Putin at this week’s summit
Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests ahead of talks on Friday
Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers, says Zelenskiy after Trump comments
US, EU and Ukraine officials to meet in UK on Saturday ahead of Trump-Putin meeting next week
Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since atomic bombing
Mayor warns current global conflicts could push the world again into nuclear war
Trump says plans for Putin meeting to be announced soon
Trump says details of meeting due to be announced soon
Russian oil tanker operating under false flag enters Irish-controlled waters
Ageing ‘shadow-fleet’ vessel is carrying thousands of tonnes of sanctioned crude to India
US-Russia summit possible next week as Ukraine calls for European role in peace effort
Ukrainians increasingly eager for settlement to end Russia’s invasion, says new poll
Donald Trump could meet Vladimir Putin for Ukraine war talks ‘as soon as next week’
US president says special envoy Steve Witkoff made ‘great progress’ in meeting Putin at Kremlin on Wednesday
Nationalist Bosnian Serb leader rejects ruling to remove him from office
Separatist Milorad Dodik is backed by Russia, Hungary and Serbia, and seeks US support
Trump envoy to visit Moscow this week before deadline for ending Ukraine war
Little expectation in Kyiv that Steve Witkoff will make a breakthrough with Vladimir Putin
Russia urges caution over nuclear rhetoric in response to Trump’s submarine order
Russia does not see Trump statement on repositioning nuclear submarines as an escalation, Kremlin says
Why so many are shocked at Marco Rubio’s role in implementing new US worldview
Once an advocate of US soft power, the secretary of state is implementing Maga values from isolationism to impatience with foreign aid
Ukrainian drone hits major oil depot in southern Russian city of Sochi
Waves of drones and missiles from Russia have regularly targeted the Ukrainian capital
Krasheninnikov Volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for first time in 600 years
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka erupted for the first time in 600 years
Ukrainian drones spark fire at Russian oil depot in Sochi, governor says
Attack would be Ukraine’s latest on infrastructure inside Russia that Kyiv deems key for Moscow in war
Ukrainian strikes kill three, Russian officials say, as Kyiv and Moscow exchange strikes
Ukrainian reciprocal strikes follow Russian attack that killed 31 and wounded 150 earlier this week
Trump orders nuclear submarines to move near Russia
The US president and former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev have traded taunts in recent days
Criminals set up fake Irish Government agency for counterfeit maritime certs
Forged documents allow ships to pass port inspections, skirt employment law and safety rules
The World of the Cold War by Vladislav Zubok: Three decades on, echoes remain in today’s turbulent world
Zubok argues that the West played a key role in creating the Russia we face today
Many countries downgrade tsunami warnings after powerful earthquake off Russia
One of the world’s strongest quakes hits off eastern Russia, with 4m-high waves reported there
China warns Britain against meddling in Taiwan
Military spokesman reacts to British defence secretary’s remarks on region, that Taiwan question purely an ‘internal affair of China’
Kremlin plays down US threat as Donald Trump targets India over Russia oil, arms ties
New Delhi and Beijing to face punitive US tariffs unless Moscow agrees Ukraine ceasefire by August 8th
We must be honest about who Vladimir Putin is. His goal is not peace, but empire
There is a dangerous silence on the crime that made all other atrocities possible: the crime of aggression
Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine after Trump shortens peace deal deadline
Prison bombed three years to the night after similar strike killed more than 50 Ukrainians
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