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Russia trying to create an ‘impression of a ceasefire’, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Moscow continued to launch attacks overnight after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral temporary truce in Ukraine.

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US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Friday.

‘Get it done’: Trump threatens to abandon Russia-Ukraine peace efforts

Over the past few weeks, US officials have acknowledged privately that the chances of a quick peace deal in Ukraine have grown elusive.

  • Bart H. Meijer, Gabriel Stargardter and Andrea Shalal
“Peace to the world” by Russian artist Alexei Sergienko, showing a combination of faces of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, at his in St Petersburg, Russia, on Friday.

Trump excuses Russian ‘mistake’ as Putin digs in for deeper, longer war

Under the disguise of ceasefire negotiations, Moscow is using the lull in Western aid and growing US political fractures to its advantage.

  • Rob Harris
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff greet each other before their talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, overnight.

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
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted footage on X showing what he said was one of two Chinese citizens captured by the Ukraine army.

Up to 150 Chinese nationals could be fighting on Russia’s side. Why?

They have been showing up on both sides of the battlefield throughout the war, begging the question: Are they brave heroes, dirty mercenaries, or deluded nationalists?

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted footage on X showing what he said was one of two Chinese citizens captured by the Ukraine army.

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
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‘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
Flowers and toys left on a swing seat to commemorate victims killed in Russia’s missile attack on a children play area in Kryvyi Rih.

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
A map of debris over the crash site from the investigation in 2015.

The crime that killed 298 people – and the push to include it in Ukraine peace deal

Families of those who lost their lives over Ukraine 10 years ago want US President Donald Trump to ensure responsibility for the atrocity is included in any peace deal with Russia.

  • Rob Harris
Donald Trump has revoked the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans.

The eight-letter word Trump insists on hearing from foreign leaders

When it comes to diplomacy, Donald Trump wants an implicit or explicit display of personal gratitude from US allies.

  • Erica L. Green

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