After pledging for months to swiftly end Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump has started to take first steps toward peace negotiations this week.
After holding a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 12, Trump …
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Making sense of Trump’s plan – if there is one – to end Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Ukraine 'not ready' to sign mineral resource agreement with US, Zelensky says
Ukraine is not yet ready to sign a mineral resource agreement with the United States, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a news conference at the Munich Security Conference, stating that the agreement “was not ready to protect” Ukraine …
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Exclusive! Kubilius: Ukraine, the US, the EU and Russia should be at the negotiating table
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Europe won't participate in peace negotiations, but its interests to be considered, Kellogg says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said on Feb. 15 that Europe will not be directly involved in negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, but its interests will be considered. …
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I Will Not Take NATO for Ukraine Off the Table – Zelenskyy in Munich 2025
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Estonian President warns against ceding Eastern Ukraine to Russia, urges stronger military support
Speaking at the 8th Ukrainian Lunch event on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES) and the Viktor Pinchuk Foundation, President of Estonia, Alar Karis, has issued a stark warning that leaving …
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Russia must withdraw to at least pre-2022 front line, Zelensky says
Russia has to pull back its troops to at least the front line as it was before the full-scale invasion in 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 15 in an interview with Newsmax.
Zelensky’s comments come after earlier in the week, U.S. …
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Chinese companies invest in occupied Ukrainian territories amid Russia’s financial struggles
Several private Chinese companies have begun operations in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine, supplying essential equipment and helping rebuild destroyed factories, reports NV, suggesting that these business activities likely have the backing of …
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Europe quietly developing plan to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, AP reports
A group of European countries is quietly developing a plan to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine due to concerns about changing U.S. priorities on security on the continent, The Associated Press reported on Feb. 14.
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