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August 12, 2025 1:07pm

Ben Borges

The rally, scheduled for Aug. 14 in Anchorage, is being held to protest the “presence of an international war criminal” and as a show of solidarity with Ukraine, Stand Up Alaska said.

August 12, 2025 12:33pm

Ben Borges

When Russia launched its invasion into Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in 2014, the battle was not only over territory but also historical memory.

In the city of Kostiantynivka, the struggle played out not just with weapons, but with spray paint — where a single letter in

August 12, 2025 12:04pm

Ben Borges

“The only sensible action for EU leaders is to initiate an EU-Russia summit, based on the example of the U.S.-Russia meeting,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

August 12, 2025 5:17am

Ben Borges

“There is no sign that the Russians have received signals to prepare for the post-war situation … On the contrary, they are moving their troops and forces in such a way as to launch new offensive operations."

August 11, 2025 11:56pm

Ben Borges

According to a statement released by the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office, the discussion concluded that Ukraine’s allies must maintain pressure on Russia to end its aggression and that any peace deal requires a “robust and credible” security guarantee.

August 11, 2025 9:14pm

Ben Borges

Key developments on Aug. 11:

• Russian forces pierce Ukrainian defense near Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast, monitoring group says
• Trump says Zelensky won't attend Alaska summit with Putin, but Ukraine-Russia talks should follow
• Ukrainian drones strike Russian missile component plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, SBU source says
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August 11, 2025 8:40pm

Ben Borges

As U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, prepare for a bilateral meeting on Aug. 15 in Alaska, the aims of the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine appear to contradict each other.

"At the end of that meeting, probably in the first two minutes, I&

August 11, 2025 7:12pm

Ben Borges

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15 to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine — most likely without Ukraine’s participation.

Trump announced the meeting on Aug. 8, saying the talks could involve some “swapping”

August 11, 2025 6:58pm

Ben Borges

“He wasn’t part of it,” Donald Trump told reporters.

August 11, 2025 6:17pm

Ben Borges

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has organized an online meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and key European leaders.

August 11, 2025 5:16pm

Ben Borges

We asked Ukrainians on the streets of Kyiv how they feel about Trump’s plan to negotiate a peace agreement with Putin without Ukraine’s involvement, and what they think about such a territorial exchange.

August 11, 2025 2:33pm

Ben Borges

“This is what the situation in the war looks like. And the situation in diplomacy must correspond accordingly,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X.

August 11, 2025 1:07pm

Ben Borges

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he holds “lots of fears and lots of hope” about the planned summit.

August 11, 2025 4:46am

Ben Borges

A planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be a test for the Kremlin leader, and Ukraine will be involved in upcoming peace efforts if the summit goes well, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

August 11, 2025 1:11am

Ben Borges

As part of ongoing U.S.-Russia discussions, Putin told special envoy Steve Wikoff during an Aug. 6 meeting that Russia would agree to a full ceasefire if Kyiv withdrew its forces from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, granting Moscow full control of those partly occupied regions as well as Crimea.

August 10, 2025 10:31pm

Ben Borges

“We understand the Russians' intention to try to deceive America — we will not allow this,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Aug. 10.

August 10, 2025 9:38pm

Ben Borges

“Maybe this works out, maybe it doesn’t, but it’s worth the effort,” Vance said Trump told him ahead of the president’s Aug. 15 meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

August 10, 2025 4:19pm

Ben Borges

“No matter how the elephants' negotiations on Aug. 15 turn out, the grass will suffer - in this case, Ukraine,” the Slovak Prime Minister said.