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Zelensky and Witkoff in Berlin.

Trump offers ‘platinum standard’ security guarantee for Ukraine in bid to end war

The NATO-like security proposal would only be on the table for a limited time. Germany’s leader said, “For the first time, a ceasefire now seems possible”.

  • Michael Koziol

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered to drop Ukraine’s goal to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees.

Ukraine drops NATO goal as Trump envoy sees progress in peace talks

The move marks a major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join NATO as a safeguard against Russian attacks.

  • Friederike Heine, Matthias Williams and Olena Harmash
Donald Trump loves to turn international negotiations into transactions.

Trump loves a deal, but these two are not going to plan

Donald Trump is obsessed with the notion that he is the ultimate dealmaker. He may need to rethink that.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
After the release of the US National Security Strategy, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said the Trump administration’s foreign policy was now “in many ways” aligned with Moscow’s.

‘Crossed the line’: The week Trump turned his back on Europe

A US security plan takes aim at European governments for being weak, with a fixation on open borders, political correctness and censorship.

  • James Rothwell
Simeon Boikov in the Russian consulate in Woollahra in April 2023.

Aussie Cossack welcomes baby… from inside Russian consulate in Sydney

Simeon Boikov, a pro-Russian agitator, has welcomed his first child while self-imprisoned in a consulate in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

  • Perry Duffin
NATO secretary general Mark Rutte in Berlin on Thursday.

‘We are Russia’s next target’: NATO chief warns Europe to be prepared for war

Mark Rutte urged allies to step up defence efforts to prevent a war that could be “on the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured”.

  • Aliaksandr Kudrytski
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‘They’re weak’: Trump slams Europe on migration, tightens screws on Ukraine

Describing Europe’s immigration policy as a “disaster”, the US president also suggested Russia would win its war in Ukraine as he blasted European leaders for talking too much without producing results.

  • David Crowe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London on Monday.

Zelensky digs in against Trump pressure as peace talks at risk of collapse

The Ukraine president is holding firm in a deepening dispute over whether to cede land to Russia to end the war, issuing a forceful statement of his nation’s sovereignty.

  • David Crowe
Illustration by Dionne Gain

America first? Maybe not, if you ask Trump-voting Americans

A poll suggests a clear majority of Americans – especially MAGA Republicans – want the US to defend Ukraine and Taiwan, even while Donald Trump is equivocal.

  • Michael Koziol
Children watch a St Nicholas Day performance in a basement in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the weekend. In this area near the Russian border, children study online, have to spend significant time in shelters, and suffer from the stress of daily air raid alerts.

First, the alarm goes off. Then my iPhone starts talking in an American accent

It’s 1.23am and our correspondent is about to witness what is a routine night for millions of people here.

  • David Crowe

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