Zelenskiy says Trump could end Ukraine war only if Kyiv included in talks
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters US President Donald Trump could fulfil his promise to end the war in Ukraine, but only if he includes Kyiv in any talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. Zelenskiy also said the terms of any deal that might arise under Trump were still unclear – and might not even be clear […]
Putin says he and Trump should meet to discuss Ukraine and energy prices
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy prices, issues that the US President has highlighted in the first five days of his new administration. Putin said, however, that there could be no serious peace talks with Ukraine […]
Ukraine seeks recovery investment in Davos as Trump urges peace
Davos, Switzerland Reuters As Ukraine’s President discussed peacekeeping forces needed to enforce any ceasefire and US President Donald Trump urged an end to three years of war, Ukrainian officials were courting private investors this week to help rebuild the country. Oleksiy Sobolev, first deputy economy minister, described a $US500 billion reconstruction effort that would pay […]
Trump tells Davos he will demand lower interest rates, oil prices
Davos, Switzerland, Switzerland Reuters US President Donald Trump demanded OPEC lower oil prices and the world drop interest rates in a speech to global business and political leaders and warned them they will face tariffs if they make their products anywhere but the US. “I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately. And likewise, they should […]
As Trump era begins, Ukrainians are exhausted by war
Kharkiv region/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters As Donald Trump’s second term as US President dawns, Ukrainian soldiers and civilians see a hard road ahead in their war with Russia, and many have come to hope for a ceasefire without expelling Russian forces. Trump’s aides have conceded that a deal to end the war could take months or […]
Essay: Trump signals he will start pushing for a new world order in first 100 days
STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at how the Trump administration will approach foreign policy…
Rubio vows to put State Department at core of Trump foreign policymaking
Washington DC, US Reuters Secretary of State Marco Rubio began his tenure as the top US diplomat on Tuesday by pledging to keep his department at the heart of US foreign policymaking and execute what he said was President Donald Trump’s aim of promoting peace through strength. Ending Russia’s war in Ukraine would be official […]
Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine including in Kyiv, officials say
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Saturday, killing three people, while two other attacks in the country’s south killed three more, officials said. In Kyiv, explosions boomed across the pre-dawn sky as air defences activated against the attack, which also wounded three […]
Trump the saviour?: Anxious Ukrainians question President’s power to end war
DAN PELESCHUK and MAX HUNDER, of Reuters, report that many Ukrainians have little faith in the incoming US President’s power to swiftly end the war…
North Korea’s suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia
Seoul, South Korea Reuters After a battle in Russia’s snowy western region of Kursk this week, Ukrainian special forces scoured the bodies of more than a dozen slain North Korean enemy soldiers. Among them, they found one still alive. But as they approached, he detonated a grenade, blowing himself up, according to a description of […]