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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine appealed to President Trump on Tuesday to meet him this week for peace talks, saying it would put pressure on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to attend, but he cast doubt on Mr. Putin’s desire for either talks or peace. The Kremlin on Tuesday declined to say whether Mr….
Ukraine and its allies on Monday sought to pile pressure on Russia to agree to an unconditional truce, with European leaders threatening to immediately impose a new round of sanctions and President Volodymyr Zelensky challenging President Vladimir V. Putin to meet him in Turkey on Thursday. President Trump raised the stakes, suggesting he might take…
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine responded cautiously on Sunday morning to Russia’s offer of direct talks, saying it was a “positive sign” but pressing for an immediate truce first, just hours after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had rejected a cease-fire. Mr. Zelensky’s response did not directly address Mr. Putin’s suggestion that representatives of…
Since President Trump took office vowing to pull back U.S. support for Ukraine, European leaders have worried that they would be unable to supply Ukraine with the weapons it needs. So far, it looks like they were right. The so-called coalition of the willing of European nations backing Ukraine has struggled to get materiel to…
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland made their first-ever joint visit to Kyiv on Saturday, in an effort to underscore their support for Ukraine and reinforce calls for Russia to agree to a 30-day cease-fire. During a trip intended to showcase European unity, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, the new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz,…
Un ataque ucraniano con drones provocó que se detuvieran los vuelos en los aeropuertos en un área grande de Rusia la madrugada del martes, dijeron las autoridades rusas, y demostró la capacidad de Kiev para atacar en zonas profundas del territorio ruso antes de un desfile previsto en Moscú para conmemorar el 80 aniversario del…
Ukraine is getting more help in its war with Russia. A Patriot air-defense system that was based in Israel will be sent to Ukraine after it is refurbished, four current and former U.S. officials said in recent days, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of Germany or Greece giving another one. The officials, speaking…
Now that the United States has secured a deal to share the rights to Ukraine’s mineral reserves — including elements crucial for a range of high-tech applications, from powering electric vehicles to producing warplanes and tanks — the path to actually extracting the minerals is fraught with formidable challenges and uncertainty. And ending the war…
The United States and Ukraine announced on Wednesday the creation of a new reconstruction and investment fund, formalizing an economic agreement between the two countries that is intended to give the U.S. access to proceeds from Ukraine’s reserves of rare earth minerals. The agreement concludes months of fraught negotiations over whether the United States will…
Russian forces launched 100 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday, killing a child and wounding several people just hours after the Kremlin declared a unilateral three-day cease-fire starting on May 8. The announcement on Monday that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had ordered the cease-fire was met swiftly with…
