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Photo: EPA In Finland, officials believe that the reality of future peace will fall far short of ideal. Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that conditions for a just peace in Ukraine are unlikel

Photo: EPA According to him, the sides agreed not to disclose details. Ukraine’s NATO membership was discussed during a meeting between Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and Trump envoys Jared Kushner a

Photo: Getty Images No modern US president has been so far out of step with public opinion on a major foreign-policy issue as Donald Trump is on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Both Trump and most America

Photo: EPA Earlier, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the U.S. delegation had assured Russian officials it would return directly to Washington. On Monday, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said U.S. special

Photo: Getty Images President Donald Trump said the United States is working to bring an end to what he called the “Ukrainian crisis.” Speaking at a meeting at the White House, Trump recalled what

Photo: EPA Belgium backs the idea. According to Politico, officials in the Trump administration signaled to the EU sanctions envoy, David O’Sullivan, over the summer that the United States wants Rus

Photo: Getty Images Regardless of the outcome of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to end the war in Ukraine, Europe fears that any eventual agreement could fail to punish or weake

Photo: Getty Images Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has signaled he will not compromise on a “peace deal,” believing that Russia is making enough progress on the battlefield and can wait until Ukrai

Photo: Getty Images Italy has formally approved its 12th military aid package for Ukraine, the country’s Official Gazette reports. Under a decree signed by Defense Minister Guido Crosetto and agree

Photo: facebook.com/zelenskyy.official Ukraine needs a reliable peace with Russia and the war must be brought to an end as soon as possible, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Writing on Tele

Photo: EPA At the beginning of November, OPEC+ halted its plan to increase oil production to avoid oversupply. Oil prices rose by 2% on December 1 after OPEC+ members confirmed their produc

Photo: Getty Images More than 900 people have been killed in massive floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Thailand following heavy monsoon rains intensified by a tropical storm. Hu

Photo: facebook.com/rustemumerov Talks between the United States and Ukraine in Miami focused on where the actual border with Russia would be drawn under a peace agreement, Axios reports, citing two

Photo: depositphotos An exclusive analysis by researchers at University College London (UCL) and The Guardian reveals that vast regions of Southern and Central Europe are losing groundwater and su

Photo: Rustem Umerov / Facebook Following the U.S.–Ukraine delegation meeting in Miami, Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Vitkoff described the talks as positive. The meeting took place as part of

Photo: Getty Images The Polish leader will depart on a two-day visit to Hungary, where he will take part in a summit of the leaders of the Visegrad Group countries. Polish President Karol Nawrocki

Photo: ZN.UA According to him, removing tariffs could boost the Ukrainian economy. In October, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington to secure long-range Tomahawk missiles for th

Photo: EPA The Trump administration has taken another step that further escalates tensions in bilateral relations. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the social network Truth Social that the a

Photo: president.gov.ua Ukraine must hold corrupt politicians and businesspeople accountable if it wants to become part of the European Union. This was stated in an interview with Politico by EU

Photo: Getty Images Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on Ukraine’s political crisis amid disorder in the peace-talks process. He described the situation as “a fatal combination.” On his X

Photo: Getty Images The United States is reportedly prepared to recognize Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories to secure a peace deal in Ukraine. According to The Te

Photo: depositphotos EU Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath has warned that Kyiv must hold corrupt politicians and business figures accountable if it wants to join the European Union, as pressu

Photo: EPA Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claims he is supposedly ready to “reach an agreement” with Ukraine, yet insists that signing any documents “makes no sense.” He made the remarks during

Photo: EPA Russia expects a U.S. delegation in Moscow next week. Russian leader Vladimir Putin said there were no draft peace agreements on Ukraine — only a list of issues for discussion. He made t

Photo: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration / Facebook The ambassador said that the document contained many points with ambiguous interpretations. During ne

Photo: EPA One of the most severe fires in Hong Kong’s modern history has torn through the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, sending the city into panic and heavy smoke, Reuters reports.

Photo: Getty Images Europe is trying to understand the exact course the Trump administration is pursuing. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European officials that Washington wants a peace de

Photo: Getty Images It was a stark message delivered to a skeptical audience of Western diplomats gathered in Kyiv last week to hear the administration of President Donald Trump present its pro-Russ

Photo: EPA Russia insists the Anchorage understandings “are themselves compromise solutions.” Russia welcomes the efforts of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on a potential peace plan, b

Photo: yahoo.com Oil prices fell to a one-month low on Monday amid expectations of an oversupply in the market and the possibility of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. On the morning of

Photo: Getty Images U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll warned Ukrainian officials in Kyiv that the country’s forces are facing a deteriorating battlefield situation and are on course for an inevitabl

Photo: EPA Russia passed the paper outlining its conditions for a ceasefire to senior U.S. officials shortly after Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington. The unoffic

Photo: EPA-EFE Kremlin foreign-policy aide Yuri Ushakov said that recently published recordings of his conversations with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff were not leaked by Russia, claiming instead that “s

Photo: EPA U.S. President Donald Trump commented on the leaked phone conversation involving his friend and special envoy, Steve Witkoff, which Bloomberg reported as part of ongoing U.S.–Russia discu

Photo: Getty Images US President Donald Trump believes that a deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine is near. Speaking at the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony, Trump said that 25,000 Uk

Photo: Getty Images The Romanian Ministry of National Defense confirmed that at least two Russian drones entered the country’s airspace during attacks on Ukraine. The first drone was detected after

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine Ukraine expects President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the U.S. to be organized by the end of November to discuss the peace plan with Donald Trump, said NS

Photo: EPA Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington to meet former U.S. President Donald Trump is not scheduled for this week, sources in the White House told Suspilne. Earlier

Photo: Getty Images The latest U.S. draft peace plan for Ukraine no longer includes a provision to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction under U.S. oversight, Bloomberg reported. Eu

Photo: pixabay Cocoa prices fell 2.7% on 24 November, hitting their lowest level since February 2024, as global supply expectations improved. New York cocoa futures dropped to $5,053 a tonne — about

Photo: EPA The peace plan for Ukraine has been reduced from 28 points to 19 following negotiations in Geneva, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the talks. The sources did not

Photo: Getty Images Lithuanian Railways (LTG) has stopped the transit of Russian oil products to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad as of 21 November, citing sanctions targeting Lukoil and related c

Photo: DR German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has come out strongly against a U.S. idea to restore Russia to the Group of Eight as part of Washington’s proposed “peace plan” for Ukraine, Deutsche Welle

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine is considering a visit to Washington by President Volodymyr Zelensky this week, but several members of his inner circle question whether the trip is advisable, according

Photo: Reuters According to Israeli media, Hezbollah chief of staff Ali Tabtabai was killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburb, Reuters reports. Several Israeli outlets confi