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Trump envoy suggests allied zones of control in Ukraine

This is Beirut, 12/04 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, suggested British and French troops could adopt zones of control in the country, in an interview with The Times newspaper published Saturday. Kellogg suggested they could have areas of responsibility west of the Dnipro River, as part of a "reassurance force", with a ...

Trump Envoy Witkoff in Russia on Third Visit

This is Beirut, 11/04 16:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday for talks on the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin said, cautioning they were unlikely to reach a breakthrough. US President Donald Trump is pressing Moscow and Kyiv to end the more than three-year conflict but has failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin ...

Europe Vows More Arms for Ukraine as US Takes Backseat

This is Beirut, 11/04 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine's European allies vowed Friday to step up weapons deliveries as support from the United States dries up under President Donald Trump. The US leader has switched Washington's focus from backing Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion to trying to negotiate a peace deal with President Vladimir Putin to halt the war. Britain and Germany took ...

In Skies, as on Land, European Forces Face Gaps if US Pulls Back

This is Beirut, 11/04 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Fighter jets from the United States, France, Finland and Germany roar into the skies from a Dutch base as part of NATO's biggest air exercise this year. The aim: to practice stopping -- and then defeating -- an enemy attack against the alliance as Russia's war in Ukraine fuels fears in Europe. But while NATO focuses on the menace from the east, ...

Russia, US Swap Prisoners in Push for Closer Ties 

This is Beirut, 10/04 15:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties. Ksenia Karelina, a US-Russian dual national convicted in Russia of "treason" over a one-time donation worth around ...

US, Russia Meet in Istanbul for Talks on Embassies

This is Beirut, 10/04 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US and Russian delegations met in Istanbul on Thursday for talks on restoring the functioning of their embassies, which drastically scaled back staffing following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The talks, the second of their kind, come after President Donald Trump reached out to Russia following the start of his second term and offered better ties ...

Zelensky Says Russia Dragging Beijing Into War by Recruiting Chinese Fighters

This is Beirut, 09/04 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said Russia was "dragging" China into the war in Ukraine, as he accused Beijing of knowing that dozens of its citizens were being recruited by Moscow's army to fight. Zelensky -- whose war leadership has hit turbulence with Donald Trump in the White House -- also said that Kyiv was ready to buy up to $50 ...

Russian Attacks Wound 21 Overnight, Ukraine Says

This is Beirut, 09/04 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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At least 21 Ukrainians were wounded during Russian attacks across the country overnight, regional officials said on Wednesday, as Moscow stepped up its aerial bombardment despite US efforts to secure a ceasefire. The worst attack left 15 people wounded in the central Ukrainian industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk, the governor Sergiy Lysak wrote ...

Zelensky Says 'No Response' from US After Putin Rejected Truce

This is Beirut, 06/04 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed disappointment on Sunday over the lack of a "response" from the United States to Russian President Vladimir Putin's "refusal" to agree to a full and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, following new deadly strikes, particularly in Kyiv. The United States had proposed a 30-day ceasefire in March, ...

Macron Calls for 'Strong Action' If Russia Continues to 'Refuse Peace'

This is Beirut, 06/04 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for "strong action" if Russia continued "to refuse peace," days after a Russian ballistic missile killed nine children in Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown. Despite US and European efforts to secure peace in Ukraine, Russia continued "to murder children and civilians," Macron ...

Zelensky Slams 'Weak' US Reply to Russian Strike on His Hometown

This is Beirut, 05/04 16:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday slammed the US embassy for what he called a "weak" statement that did not blame Russia for a missile strike on his hometown that killed 18 people, including nine children. In one of the deadliest strikes in recent weeks, a Russian missile on Friday evening struck a residential area near ...

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