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Telegram videos from an account linked to the Russian military show drone attacks on the R200 highway.
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Russian drones bombard Kursk highway

Telegram videos from an account linked to the Russian military show drone attacks on the R200 highway.

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Germany in 2017.

Trump and Putin will discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Here’s what’s on the table

A temporary ceasefire is on the table, but both sides seem unwilling to make large concessions and have red lines that they insist cannot be crossed. Here is what’s at stake.

  • Samya Kullab
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Road of death: How drones hunted Ukraine troops out of Kursk

Soldiers are likening their retreat to scenes from a horror movie, with highway leading back to Ukraine under constant Russian attack.

  • Kieran Kelly
“Peace to the world”, a painting created by Russian artist Alexei Sergienko showing a combination of faces of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, is on display at the Sergienko’s gallery in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday.

‘We’ll be talking about land’: Trump to speak with Putin about ending Ukraine war

The US president said the two leaders would discuss concessions including land and power plants as part of ceasefire negotiations.

  • Nathan Layne and Jeff Mason
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president (left); Keir Starmer, UK’s prime minister; and Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, embrace after meeting on Sunday.
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Britain quit the European Union. Now it’s trying to lead it

Five years after Brexit, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s intense diplomacy on Ukraine has put Britain back in a familiar role on the global stage.

  • Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with other world leaders during a video conference at 10 Downing Street on Saturday.

Australians ‘stand up to bullies’, PM says as Starmer challenges Putin

After a meeting of some 30 world leaders, Britain said planning for a future peacekeeping effort in Ukraine was entering an “operational phase”.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was cautiously optimistic following talks in Moscow this week.

Trump asks Putin to hold fire as Ukraine urges US to step up pressure on Moscow

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was “cautiously optimistic” as Donald Trump’s special envoy returned to the US from talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

  • Michael Koziol
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Trump’s Putin charade insults our intelligence

Donald Trump is snatching Western defeat from the jaws of victory in Ukraine. He is extending a lifeline to a struggling war criminal running out of ways to fund his mischief.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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Albanese, Dutton split on peacekeepers as Putin responds to ceasefire call

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will join talks with world leaders on Saturday night, and is willing to consider a small deployment as a show of support.

  • David Crowe
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin suggests US ceasefire plan for Ukraine needs serious reworking

The Russian leader says he agrees in principle with America’s proposal for a 30-day truce, but that “there are issues” that need to be discussed.

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