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US Envoy Witkoff Discusses Possible Direct Ukraine-Russia Talks With Putin

This is Beirut, 25/04 19:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the "possibility" of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine during a meeting in Moscow, the Kremlin said Friday. Donald Trump is pushing for a ceasefire in the three-year conflict but has so far been unable to extract any meaningful concessions from Putin. Witkoff held a ...

Russian General Killed by Car Bomb Near Moscow

This is Beirut, 25/04 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, the Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes said, adding it had launched a murder probe. Authorities named General-lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational directorate of the military's General Staff, as the ...

'White Flag': Pope Leaves Bitter Legacy in Ukraine

This is Beirut, 25/04 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As Catholics around the world mourn Pope Francis, many Ukrainians will remember him bitterly for failing to clearly blame Russia for its invasion and calling for Ukraine to raise the "white flag". President Volodymyr Zelensky will be one of the prominent mourners at Saturday's funeral for Francis even though the pope never visited Ukraine and ...

Russia's Lavrov Says 'Ready to Reach a Deal' on Ukraine

This is Beirut, 25/04 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia's foreign minister said Thursday that Moscow was ready to do a deal on its war in Ukraine after Donald Trump urged Vladimir Putin to halt attacks, in a rare rebuke following the deadliest strikes on Kyiv in months. "We are ready to reach a deal, but there are still some specific points... which need to be fine-tuned, and we are ...

Trump Urges Putin to "Stop" After Deadly Strikes on Kyiv

This is Beirut, 24/04 18:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump on Thursday called on Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine, in a rare rebuke of the Russian leader after Moscow fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kyiv, killing at least 12 in the deadliest attack on the capital in months. The direct appeal to Putin came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his allies to put ...

Russia Allows Taliban to Have Moscow Ambassador

This is Beirut, 23/04 21:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia said Wednesday it will allow the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to have an ambassador in Moscow, in a symbolic move days after it lifted a "terrorist" designation for the militant group. Moscow has taken steps to normalize relations with the Islamist Taliban administration since the group seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 ...

How US Peace Plan for Ukraine and Russia Might Look

This is Beirut, 23/04 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States has piled pressure on Ukraine and Russia to find a peace agreement, with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance threatening to walk away if a deal is not made. So what does Washington want? Some official demands have already been made public, and media outlets have reported on several unannounced plans for a US-led ...

Russia and Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Breaching Easter Truce

This is Beirut, 20/04 18:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Putin announcing the surprise truce. The 30-hour truce starting Saturday evening to mark ...

Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Observe Putin’s Easter Truce but Claims Violations

This is Beirut, 20/04 03:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces would observe a surprise Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin set to last until midnight on Sunday, even as air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv. The truce would be the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict. But just hours after the ...

Easter Truce Under Scrutiny as Ukraine Accuses Russia of Violations

This is Beirut, 19/04 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday that Ukraine would observe the Easter ceasefire declared earlier that day by Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Zelensky simultaneously accused Moscow of breaching its own commitment just hours after it was announced. “If Russia is genuinely willing to commit, Ukraine will do ...

Sultan of Oman to Meet Putin in Moscow

This is Beirut, 19/04 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Sultan of Oman will visit Moscow on Tuesday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and Muscat said on Saturday, as the Gulf state mediates high-level talks on Iran's nuclear program. The Kremlin said the talks with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq would cover "current questions on the international ...

Trump: US Will “Take a Pass” on Ukraine Talks if Stalemate Persists

This is Beirut, 18/04 20:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Friday the United States will "take a pass" on brokering further Ukraine war talks unless there is quick progress from Moscow and Kyiv. Trump was speaking after Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented -- following talks with European allies - that Washington would "move on" if a truce did not seem "doable" within ...

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