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Ukrainian drones smashed into high-rise apartment blocks on the outskirts of Moscow in the early hours of Tuesday, with both sides saying it was the largest attack on the Russian capital of the three-year conflict. The Kremlin condemned the attack, which comes just hours before top US and Ukrainian officials sat down for talks in Saudi Arabia and ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 20:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and chief US diplomat Marco Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of ceasefire talks on Monday as Ukraine's proposal for a partial truce raised hopes of a breakthrough after three years of war. Zelensky, embroiled in a public row with US President Donald Trump last month, touched down in Jeddah as Rubio ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 13:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday ahead of talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine wants peace and Russia is the "only reason" that the war has dragged on. Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia later Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with ...
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Ukrainian flags are now flying across the city of Jeddah in anticipation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's arrival in Saudi Arabia. A brief Saudi Foreign Ministry statement said the US-Ukrainian talks would be held in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. This comes just ahead of crucial talks with US officials aimed at finding a path to end the ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russia launched a "massive missile and drone" attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Friday, a Ukrainian minister said, after Washington said talks with Kyiv were back on track to secure a truce in the three-year conflict. The latest air assault came after EU leaders, shaken by the prospect of US disengagement, agreed to boost the European ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Norway will more than double its aid to Ukraine in 2025 to bring the annual total to $7.8 billion, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced Thursday, expressing concern that Russia was "heavily arming." "The Norwegian aid will help Ukraine oppose Russia and (reinforce) the peace plan on which the European countries are working," he said in a ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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European Union leaders will hold emergency talks in Brussels on Thursday, gathering as the Trump administration upends traditional alliances and retracts wartime backing of Ukraine. Thursday's summit brings all 27 EU leaders together for the first time since the explosive meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky last ...
This is Beirut, 05/03 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron said he would address the nation on Wednesday regarding the current global uncertainty following the radical shift in U.S. policy on Ukraine under Donald Trump. "My dear compatriots — I will address you tonight at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) at this moment of great uncertainty when the world is facing its greatest ...
This is Beirut, 05/03 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered in an interview published on Wednesday to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks that could involve US officials. "Tell (US President Donald) Trump that I expect him here with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky," Lukashenko proposed in a video interview with ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he wanted to "make things right" with Donald Trump and to work under the US President's "strong leadership" to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. In his first public comments since Trump halted US military aid to Ukraine overnight, Zelensky called for a "truce" in the sea and sky as a first ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Vice President JD Vance insisted Tuesday he was not targeting France and Britain with remarks he made dismissing the military abilities of countries supporting a possible European peacekeeping force in Ukraine. Britain and France have said they would be willing to deploy ground troops in support of any peace deal -- a proposal Vance responded ...
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Ukraine on Tuesday sought to maintain bonds with Washington after President Donald Trump ordered US military aid deliveries be suspended following a public clash with counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump's stunning decision strengthened fears in Ukraine and in many European capitals that America was pivoting away from its ...