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Volodymyr Zelenskiy orders officials to prepare for new peace talks with Russia
Ukrainian president accused by critics of aiming to crush the independence of anti-corruption agencies
‘I have Star Wars going on outside my window’: How Kyiv is coping with upsurge in Russia’s attacks
Intensified mass drone strikes are testing Ukraine’s resilience and air defences like never before
Why is a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ using Irish waters?
Tankers are engaging in suspicious and sometimes bizarre behaviour, raising both environmental and national security concerns
Dramatic increase in number of Russian ‘shadow ships’ in Irish-controlled waters
Naval Service and Air Corps have stepped up monitoring of the vessels
Russia open to peace with Ukraine but ‘our goals’ must be achieved, says Kremlin
Comments come after Trump gives Moscow deadline to agree to ceasefire or face tougher sanctions
Volodymyr Zelenskiy offers Russia more peace talks next week
Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of talks in Istanbul over the past five months
Trump’s threats against Russia are a charade meant to buy Putin time
Worldview: Trump basically gave Putin 50 days’ protection from new sanctions, says Phillips Payson O’Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland
Ukraine hails fresh EU sanctions on Russia, but tensions flare with Hungary and Slovakia
Kyiv denies Budapest’s claims that an ethnic Hungarian conscript was beaten to death
Berlin rejects EU sanctions against Israel over Gaza
Germany chancellor says Israel ‘is defending itself against attack’
Ukraine overhauls government to boost defence production and ties with US
Kyiv to receive more Patriot missiles ‘as soon as possible’, Nato commander says
Kremlin calls for more US pressure on Ukraine and lambasts ‘militaristic’ Europe
But drop in drone strikes during Trump envoy’s visit to Kyiv shows Russia is ‘afraid of America’, Zelenskiy says
Moscow rejects ‘enormous’ and ‘indecent’ western pressure over Ukraine
Some in Ukraine question why Trump gave Russia 50 more days to bombard them
Trump agrees arms deal for Ukraine and gives Russia ‘50 days’ to make peace or face tariffs
US leader says phone calls with Vladimir Putin are ‘very pleasant - and then the missiles go off’
Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine
US president is reportedly set to announce a new plan to arm Ukraine with offensive weapons
Russian drone and missile attacks kill at least six in Ukraine
Drone and missile strikes part of intensified bombing campaign
Trump offers to send more arms to Ukraine via Nato allies
US president appears to cool on Vladimir Putin and welcomes move for further sanctions against Russia
‘Freedom of expression is sacrosanct’: Michael McGrath on his role as EU commissioner
The Corkman in charge of the commission’s justice portfolio on censorship, Chinese retailers and protecting EU citizens from Russia’s ‘blatant lies’
Russia launches deadly drone attacks on Ukrainian capital Kyiv
At least two killed in missile and drone attack as US joins talks on ‘coalition of the willing’
The Danish city that heats its homes with underground water
Europe letter: A small geothermal plant could heat up to a fifth of homes in Aarhus in the next few years
Sanctioned Russian ship intercepted by Coast Guard after docking in Louth
Shtandart is subject to European sanctions imposed following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Russia attacks Ukraine with 700 drones after Trump vows to send Kyiv more weapons
‘He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless,’ says Trump of Putin
‘We do not support Putin’: On board the sanctioned Russian ship in Killiney Bay
Captain Vladimir Martus says he built the Russian navy replica ship with his own hands
Small boat migration, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and US trade dominate discussion as Emmanuel Macron visits UK
French president begins three-day state visit by meeting King Charles and addressing MPs
Kremlin cautious on Trump pledge to send more US weapons to Ukraine
Delivery of some weapons was held up last week over concerns that US stockpiles were low
‘Facing the past is still our biggest problem’: Bosnia divided 30 years after Srebrenica genocide
Bosnian Serb leader continues to deny genocide and threatens to secede from Muslim-majority Bosnia
Russia could block UN missions involving Irish personnel in Bosnia and Mediterranean, Harris warns
Tánaiste says renewal of mandates for these missions face potential challenges at UN Security Council
Trump and Zelenskiy discuss arms supplies after Russia’s biggest drone attack on Ukraine
Kyiv accuses Vladimir Putin of ‘publicly humiliating’ Donald Trump as attack comes hours after the two leaders spoke by phone
‘Doubts’ about US commitment to European security should bring EU and Ukraine closer, says Zelenskiy
Ursula von der Leyen says more pressure needs to be put on Russia to end war in Ukraine
Ukraine summons top US diplomat after Washington halts some arms supplies
Russia, which already controls about a fifth of Ukraine, has been ramping up air attacks on Ukraine
Japan expresses concern over security of subsea cables off the Irish coast
Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba raises security issue with Micheál Martin during Tokyo meeting
Russia denies stalling peace efforts amid claims it has made fresh gains in Ukraine
Kyiv’s long-range strike drones hit Russian weapons plant more than 1,000km from front line
Germany to help Ukraine make weapons more quickly
Move will help Kyiv negotiate more strongly in peace talks, German foreign minister says
‘Going backwards’: Landmine treaty enters increasingly perilous territory as key states pull out
Finland, Poland and Ukraine have all moved recently to exit the 1997 Ottawa agreement
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