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Moscow: Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said on Saturday that nobody could guarantee that the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv would survive to see May 10 if Ukraine attacked Moscow during World War Two victory celebrations on May 9. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day …

Washington: Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction, and a draft of the deal said it would give Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals. The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months …

Washington: Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly in the hush of St Peter’s Basilica before Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday in their first encounter since a noisy White House clash and the US president later cast doubt on whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal. Zelensky said …

Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Russian President Putin told US envoy Witkoff that Russia is open to unconditional talks with Ukraine, as Trump suggests different approaches to deal with Putin amid ongoing conflict and failed negotiations for peace. Russian President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff …

Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the “possibility” of direct talks with Ukraine in a meeting with a US envoy, the Kremlin said, while President Donald Trump claimed the warring parties were “very close to a deal”. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again rejected suggestions that Ukraine give …

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said Ukraine has not yet signed a deal on rare earth minerals and he hopes it will be signed immediately. “Ukraine, headed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not signed the final papers on the very important Rare Earths Deal with the United States. It …

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was applying pressure on Russia to end the Ukraine war, insisting that Moscow agreeing not to take over the entire country was a “big concession.” Trump issued a rare rebuke of Russian leader Vladimir Putin after Moscow fired a barrage of missiles …

Kyiv was last hit by missiles on April 5 when at least three people were wounded. Kyiv: Ukrainian authorities issued an alert for an “enemy missile” attack on Kyiv early Thursday and AFP journalists heard explosions across the capital. Flights of drones could also be heard across the city. City …

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thought Russia had agreed to a deal to end the conflict in Ukraine, with President Volodymr Zelensky now the holdout. “I think we have a deal with Russia. We have to get a deal with Zelensky,” Trump told reporters in the Oval …

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington could quit talks to end the Ukraine war within days unless there is rapid progress from Moscow and Kyiv. The warning confirmed a sudden change of US messaging, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier saying in Paris that the United …