This is Beirut, 28/02 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Moscow is using infantry to storm the Ukrainian border from the Russian region of Kursk, which is partially controlled by Ukrainian forces, Kyiv said Friday. Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Kursk region in August last year hoping the territory it captured could eventually be swapped for Ukrainian territory under Russian ...
This is Beirut, 27/02 21:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Donald Trump said he trusted Russia's Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv - with the help of a royal invitation to visit Britain. Trump struck a friendly tone as he and Starmer met in Washington and even walked back a comment about Ukrainian ...
This is Beirut, 26/02 22:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday ruled out offering US security guarantees or NATO membership for Ukraine as his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to visit to seal a deal on handing over natural resources. Trump, who has upended US policy by reaching out to Russia and seeking a quick end to the three-year war, said that European allies ...
This is Beirut, 26/02 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, will be coming to Washington on Friday to finalize a framework agreement on the exploitation of Ukrainian minerals. "Zelensky is coming on Friday, it's confirmed now," Donald Trump said at the start of a cabinet meeting at the ...
This is Beirut, 25/02 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
On the third commemoration of Russia's invasion, Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline share their thoughts on the war. The three-year-long conflict was sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. “Another year of pain, another year of remembering those guys who are gone. Not a celebration at all. No celebration,” says a ...
This is Beirut, 25/02 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Ukraine will need over $500 billion to repair the damage resulting from the Russian invasion, which has entered its fourth year, according to a joint assessment published Tuesday. "The total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is $524 billion over the next decade," said a statement published by Ukraine, the World Bank Group, the ...
This is Beirut, 25/02 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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They hugged, they gripped hands, they touched knees and they backslapped. But they did not agree on everything. French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump rekindled the most touchy-feely bromance in world politics as they met on Monday for talks on Ukraine. The pair have a long history of public displays of affection dating ...
This is Beirut, 25/02 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron warned Monday that peace cannot mean the "surrender" of Ukraine, but said talks with US President Donald Trump had shown a path forward despite fears of a transatlantic rift. Meeting at the White House on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion, the two leaders said there was progress on the idea ...
This is Beirut, 24/02 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States threatened Monday to veto any amendments, including by its European allies, to a proposed Security Council resolution that urges a "swift end" to the Ukraine war without mentioning territorial integrity. "We're going to veto a Russian amendment if it comes to us in the Security Council, we will veto the Europeans' amendments if ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 24/02 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The demographic crisis that Ukraine has been suffering from for decades has worsened over the past three years. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the country’s independence a year later, Ukraine had approximately 52 million inhabitants. Today, the Ukrainian population is estimated at nearly 35 million, according to the United Nations ...
This is Beirut, 24/02 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Three improvised explosive devices were thrown at the Russian consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday but no one was injured, a police source said. Only two of the three devices exploded in the attack on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the source said. The consulate was sealed off ...
This is Beirut, 24/02 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Turkey's foreign minister on Monday said Ankara backed a US initiative to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict but stressed that talks should involve both warring sides. Moscow and Washington have begun a direct dialogue in recent weeks, against a backdrop of rapprochement between new US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "We ...