Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed Army Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky and appointed Mykhailo Drapaty as his replacement after days of protests over changes in the country’s military leadership. Syrsky, 60, had led Ukraine’s armed forces since 2024 and played a key role in defending Kyiv during Russia’s full-scale invasion...
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European Union (EU) has disbursed 1 billion euro (approximately 1.17 billion dollars) in additional financial aid to Ukraine, the European Commission announced on Thursday. The money is provided as a loan, to be repaid using interest income generated from frozen Russian state assets held within the EU. With this...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warmly welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House, igniting fresh optimism for a potential end to the Ukraine-Russia conflict. This marked their first meeting since a heated dispute in February, following Trump’s recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska....
At a highly anticipated summit on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to secure an agreement on the Ukraine conflict, despite expressing mutual goodwill and hinting at progress. The three-hour meeting, held with aides present, ended abruptly without a press Q&A, a departure from...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street on Thursday morning, ahead of a significant meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week. As Europe anticipates the results of Trump’s direct talks with Putin, Starmer emphasized the...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared that Ukraine has already lost its war against Russia, just days before a high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an interview with the conservative outlet Mandiner.hu, Orbán stated, “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lost this...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States and Russia will hold a crucial meeting on Wednesday. _“We have a meeting with Russia tomorrow,”_ Trump told reporters, adding _“We’re going to see what happens.”_ This meeting is happening just days before a deadline Trump gave to...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has vehemently denied allegations that Russia kidnapped 20,000 Ukrainian children, labeling the claims as baseless and driven by politics. During a press briefing, Zakharova asserted that the children were evacuated from conflict zones to safe areas and that Russia has made efforts to...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday said no other sovereignty is possible without its economic sovereignty. “Of course, I have to note the contribution that business including the younger generation of entrepreneurs, has made to the development of the Russian economy in the 21st century. “Without this sovereignty,...
US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “crazy” on Sunday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of drones against Ukraine, even as the warring countries completed a large-scale prisoner exchange. At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record number of drones against Ukraine...
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the town of Kurchatov in the Kursk region, which was partially occupied by Ukrainian forces for several months in 2024, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. It marked the Russian leader’s first trip to the area since a Ukrainian incursion nearly a year ago. Putin...
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not appear in Turkey on Thursday for proposed direct peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy, who was waiting in Ankara after publicly challenging the Kremlin leader to face-to-face negotiations to end their three-year-old war, was left without a counterpart. In Putin’s absence,...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that no progress would be made on the Ukraine peace process until he meets directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I am not disappointed in anything. I know nothing about a delegation. I haven’t even checked,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force...
resident Vladimir Putin said, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday. “You know the president’s statement of May 11 that we are ready to begin direct negotiations in Istanbul on May 15. “Or rather, not even begin, but resume those negotiations that were interrupted by the Ukrainian side at...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Andrey Belousov, has expressed the preparedness of Russia to provide the necessary military assistance to the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Belousov gave the assurance when the Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, paid...
Ukraine is ready to hold direct talks with Russia once Moscow confirms a “full, lasting and reliable” ceasefire in his country starting on Monday, the Ukrainian president said on Sunday. “There is no point in continuing the killing even for a single day. We expect Russia to confirm a...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of trying to provoke him into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Putin made the comment on a documentary film about his 25 years in power, local media reported. “They wanted to provoke us, they wanted to make us make mistakes,” he...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced an Easter truce in the conflict in Ukraine starting this evening and lasting till midnight on Sunday. The short-term ceasefire proposal from Russia comes as President Donald Trump has been pressing both Moscow and Kyiv to agree a truce, but has failed...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not received any signal from European nations that they want to engage in talks on ending the war in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin. “So far there have been no signals,” said Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, in Moscow on Friday. Peskov was referring in...
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was “very angry, pissed off” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, NBC reported, marking a sharp change of tone as Washington seeks to end the war in Ukraine. NBC’s Kristen Welker said Trump had called her to express his fury over Putin questioning...