In a normal country, Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff would be tried for treason
In a normal country, Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff would be tried for treason for the way they capitulated to Kremlin demands
Vladimir Putin
Putin hosts Hungary’s Orban for talks on energy and Ukraine
Russian president ‘would welcome’ Russia-US summit with Trump in Budapest
‘Anything can happen’: The Ukrainian volunteers helping civilians flee front lines
Russian drones often target evacuation teams in conflict zone that stretches for some 1,200km in country’s east
Putin says US-Ukraine text could form basis for future peace deal
Russian president says Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff plans to visit Moscow early next week
The Irish Times view on Trump’s latest peace plan: a familiar pattern
He has been unambiguous in his instinct to exert pressure on Ukraine rather than Russia
Russia rules out compromise on key war aims while EU warns against ‘carving up’ Ukraine
Contacts between Kremlin aides and US envoy Steve Witkoff revealed in leaked phone transcripts
‘It’s a total betrayal’: On the streets of Kyiv amid US peace plan talks
Ukraine facing tough choices over potential concessions in any peace deal with Russia
Trump sends special envoy to Moscow for discussions on proposals to end war in Ukraine
Zelenskiy willing to meet with Trump for talks on final details, Kyiv officials close to accepting framework of ceasefire deal
Leaked audio reveals US envoy coached Putin aide on talking to Trump
Recording offers insight into Steve Witkoff’s recent tactics for negotiating with Russia and genesis of latest peace proposal
US holds Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi as missiles pound Kyiv
Kremlin calls for talks on original plan that Kyiv presidential aide says ‘no longer exists’
‘Everyone hopes’: A Ukrainian city waits for a peace deal, or for Russian troops
Some prepare to leave Pavlohrad while others hope the front line will stabilise or peace talks will succeed
In his tightest corner yet, Zelenskiy faces a make-or-break moment of wartime leadership
Over nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A US peace plan may be his biggest test
European countries propose Ukraine peace plan radically different to Trump’s
Kyiv-friendly counterproposal for ending war omits a number of pro-Russia points
Ukraine facing ‘one of most difficult moments’ as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline for peace plan
Trump says Ukraine's Zelenskiy will have to approve US-backed peace plan
‘To flood this place again would be a crime’: Ukraine’s Great Meadow springs back to life after destruction of dam
Ukrainians debate whether to rebuild reservoir after the war or protect new landscape of meadows, wooded islands, lakes and streams
Land giveaways, weakened Ukrainian army and Russia in G8: Trump’s 28-point peace plan
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
Irish general Seán Clancy says Europe can no longer sit back: ‘Ukraine is the front line’
Chair of EU’s highest military body says push to spend more on defence is not about ‘militarisation’ of society
‘It’s about Ukraine accepting’: Latest Trump peace plan blindsides European allies
Reported proposal appears to be a settlement mostly on Moscow’s terms
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan for Ukraine, urge Zelenskiy to accept
Proposal, described as ‘heavily tilted towards Russia’, envisages major concessions by Kyiv to end war
Three children among 25 killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian apartment buildings
Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives in Turkey for talks on finding a settlement that may bring Russia’s invasion to an end
Ukraine in ‘urgent’ need of funds, von der Leyen warns EU leaders
No ‘easy options’ to plug looming wartime budget shortfall in Ukraine, commission president says
Zelenskiy comes under fire as corruption scandal complicates Ukraine’s fight and energy woes
Ukrainian president scrambles to stem corruption fallout as battlefield pressures and winter energy crisis intensify
‘I see no threat from Russia’: Far-right AfD leader’s remark deepens party rift in Germany
Co-leader Tino Chrupalla defends Putin and suggests Poland may threaten Germany, widening divisions at the top of the far-right party
Ukraine’s vital rail network frays under mounting Russian missile and drone strikes
Train services to two eastern cities halted as front line nears and attacks on infrastructure intensify
Giuliano da Empoli on ‘predatory’ big tech and Trump: ‘The formula is rage plus the algorithm’
The author of The Hour of the Predator, which is about the symbiotic relationships of political strongmen and tech titans, says this moment ‘feels a bit scary’
‘Politically it would be a bitter setback’: If Ukraine loses Povrovsk, what will it mean for the war?
Ukraine could be facing its biggest battlefield loss for months, although opinion is divided on the big-picture implications
Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina: ‘It’s a strange feeling: willing your country to lose’
Co-founder of protest and performance-art group describes Russia’s descent under Putin into dictatorship and war
Putin’s ‘flying Chernobyl’ missile carries a stark nuclear warning for Ireland
European leaders predict a military conflict with Russia within two to five years
Ukraine struggling to hold eastern city of Pokrovsk, military analysts say
Zelenskiy says Ukraine’s defence of city has thwarted broader Russian plans
Kyiv ready for peace talks but will not withdraw troops first, says Zelenskiy
Ukrainian and European officials to meet to discuss details of a ceasefire plan
The Nuclear Age by Serhii Plokhy: Provoking deep anger over crimes against creation
Work culminates in a stark warning that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine marks a radically dangerous nuclear escalation on several counts
Lithuania says it will shoot down Belarus smuggler balloons disrupting air traffic
Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport four times last week after balloons entered its airspace
Putin says Russia has tested new nuclear-capable missile
Three people killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv
‘Do you have any friends in the IRA?’: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe
The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine
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