The hatchet is buried but still no fast-track to peace
The fact that Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are talking again after their Oval Office dust-up is something. As these fraught negotiations move forward, small wins are better than no wins.
Russia And Ukraine Conflict
Trump suggests US take over Ukraine power plants
During a one hour long call, Donald Trump said US ownership of Ukraine’s power plants would offer better protection as Volodymyr Zelensky agreed a partial ceasefire.
The US is in retreat as China rises: it’s time for ANZAC 2025
With Donald Trump’s new isolationism and China’s assertiveness in our backyard, we in Australia and New Zealand are on our own and must deepen our military integration.
Putin plays Trump off a break
Putin wants to make Ukraine a vassal state of Russia. He isn’t negotiating. He’s laughing at us. Trump should not ignore that friendly fire assessment.
Putin strings Trump along without embracing peace
Vladimir Putin is employing the classic Russian tactic of ‘talk and delay’ without providing any meaningful concessions. Yet he has only so much time to play with before Donald Trump loses patience.
Playing rough: Make no mistake, Putin rejected the Trump ceasefire
The Kremlin is demanding major concessions even for a short-term ceasefire, much less for a broader peace deal – including cutting Ukraine out of the talks. These are terms Kyiv can’t accept, except at the end of a bludgeon.
Putin: military aid and intelligence to Ukraine must end
Vladimir Putin agrees to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure but says his ‘key condition’ for peace is that foreign military aid and intelligence to Ukraine must stop. However, Donald Trump claims ‘we didn’t talk about aid at all’.
ASX 200 back in the red; MinRes down
MinRes faces more bumps on Onslow haul road. Myer’s challenges continue as costs rise. ‘Value destructive’: Rio dismisses unification push. Hanwha ‘wildly mistaken’ on new move: Austal chair.
Dutton promises WA mining boom; PM coy on lower power prices
The Opposition Leader accused Anthony Albanese of abandoning mining in WA and vowed to usher in a boom through fast approvals and energy security. The PM, meanwhile, wouldn’t promise lower power prices if re-elected.
Inflation challenging leaders’ ability to explain economic woes
The ever-present threat of inflation rears its head again, more as a convenient explanation for the nation’s economic woes than as a credible phenomenon that requires serious thought.
How Trump could approach crucial ceasefire talks with Putin
A phone call to discuss ending the war in Ukraine will test the US President’s ‘great relationship’ with the Russian leader.
‘Dividing up assets’: Putin, Trump to discuss Ukraine Wednesday
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will discuss ‘land, power plants and dividing up assets,’ when they speak by phone on Wednesday (AEDT).
Trump’s message to Ukraine: don’t expect your land back
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are expected to speak again this week as the White House seeks to revive ceasefire talks and secure a 30-day truce in Ukraine.
Peace deal ‘must bar Ukraine from NATO’: Moscow
Russia will seek guarantees that NATO will exclude Ukraine from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said.
We’ll fight to bitter end, vow soldiers facing Russian onslaught
As Putin’s battle-hardened units eye victory in Kursk, Kyiv’s few infantry units left on enemy soil are growing angry with America.
Dutton pledges up to $35m to rebuild Adass Israel synagogue
Peter Dutton has pledged a Coalition government would support reconstruction of the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne, which was firebombed in an anti-Semitic arson attack in December.
Coalition of the willing’s vital role
The Ukraine war is about upholding the rule of international law.
‘We’ll always stand up to a bully like Putin’
Anthony Albanese, in signalling some ‘small’ involvement in a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, says Australia will always stand up to a ‘bully’ like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
‘Monster’: Minister lashes Russia’s Putin
A senior minister has lashed Vladimir Putin, calling the Russian President an “immoral monster” as Labor mulls deploying peacekeepers to Ukraine.
Russia overpowers bold Ukrainian military venture in Kursk
Ukraine’s audacious military gambit inside Russia is drawing towards a close much as it started last year: quickly.
Pezzullo: Troops to Ukraine would be ‘warfighting’ not ‘peacekeeping’
Former Home Affairs department secretary Mike Pezzullo hits back at Anthony Albanese’s peacekeeping stand, saying Australia should focus on its own security in the Pacific rather than send soldiers to Ukraine to defend against future Russian aggression.
Albanese repeats offer to ‘consider’ Ukraine peacekeeping effort
Anthony Albanese has joined a Coalition of the Willing virtual summit and repeated his offer to ‘consider’ Australia contributing to peacekeeping in Ukraine. Britain’s PM said military talks would be held on Thursday.
Putin will not be interested in peace until Ukraine is his
Most observers believe Vladimir Putin would contemplate a ceasefire deal that gives him 20 per cent of Ukraine and an assurance on NATO. They do not know Russia very well.
Forget Trump, Zelensky is the true leader of the free world
The Ukrainian president has demonstrated, again and again, the heroic, mythical qualities of the role. He presents as decent, brave, virile; secure in himself.
Trump’s Ukraine peace strategy put to test
If Moscow walks away, Donald Trump will have to decide whether to impose new sanctions
Trump praises ‘productive’ US talks with Putin
Russia is ‘cautiously optimistic’ on a Ukraine ceasefire after meeting US envoy Steve Witkoff.
Albanese to discuss Ukraine peace with world leaders
The PM will discuss the potential deployment of Australian peacekeepers with pro-Kyiv nations as he accuses Peter Dutton of walking away from bipartisan support for the war-torn nation.
Albo to join world leaders’ peace call
World leaders are set to discuss a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, amid questions over whether Australia would commit boots on the ground.
Witkoff: the mogul who went from paying for Trump’s lunch to navigating Gaza and Ukraine
Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s long time friend, golf partner and, now, Middle East envoy, is at the centre of peace talks in Ukraine and Gaza. Here’s what to know about him.
Surrender or die: Putin’s message to surrounded Ukrainian troops
As Russian forces in Kursk close in and supply routes collapse, Ukraine’s northern offensive faces a critical test – was it a strategic success or a costly gamble?
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