Russia
Trump envoy proposes dividing Ukraine like Berlin after World War II
Donald Trump’s two foreign envoys, General Keith Kellogg and Steve Witkoff, propose ceasefire conditions more appealing to Vladimir Putin.
- Benedict Smith and Verity Bowman
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US-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina released in prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington
Imprisoned in Russia on treason charges, she was freed on Thursday, the woman’s lawyer and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Chinese men captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelensky says
Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow but is not publicly known to have directly aided in the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion and Zelensky did not say whether Ukraine believed the men were acting on Beijing’s orders.
- Yuliia Dysa and Dan Peleschuk
‘They just want to destroy us’: Anguish, anger as Ukraine buries children killed in Russian strike
A little girl was playing on a swing with her cousin when Russia launched a missile from 400 kilometres away. It reached her within minutes.
- Lizzie Johnson and Serhii Korolchuk
Russia says it hit a group of military personnel. The UN says they were beauticians
The strike on Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town was the deadliest for children so far. Some victims were found in a playground.
- Andrew E. Kramer
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Trump says everyone’s gotta pay – so why doesn’t Putin?
Donald Trump, ignoring the hopes of the world, perfectly fits Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic.
- Tony Wright
China and Russia already have boots on the ground in Myanmar. The US is nowhere to be seen
The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has so far sent nothing to the earthquake disaster zone.
- Hannah Beech and Edward Wong
Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin, threatens secondary tariffs on Russian oil
The US president’s comments suggest he is growing frustrated with his inability to strike a quick peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which he promised in the election campaign.
- Michael Koziol
Vance attacks Denmark in ‘aggressive’ visit to Greenland
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US should take over Greenland and has not ruled out the possibility of using military force to do so.
- Benedict Smith
Russia wants crippling sanctions ditched for Ukraine ceasefire. Europe has other ideas
Speaking in Paris at the so-called Coalition of the Willing summit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games and playing for time”.
- Rob Harris
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