If this is peace, the world faces even more conflict
If Ukraine is forcibly partitioned, the outcome will be, at best, a Cold War 2.0 with Putin emboldened and China encouraged to risk its own military adventures.
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Zelensky: Don’t trust Putin’s claim to want peace
Volodymyr Zelensky emphasised that Ukraine would not accept any bilateral peace talks in which Kyiv did not participate.
End to Ukraine war must not reward aggressor Putin
Donald Trump would be unwise to ignore the grave threat to European security that could potentially follow any peace deal that effectively hands Vladimir Putin victory in his brutal Ukrainian gambit.
Whatever the case, Ukraine must win in Trump-Putin deal
Vladimir Putin is still bombing Ukrainian cities, including the capital, to cause as much destruction as possible before any peace talks take place.
Trump injects common sense into a deadlocked war
Donald Trump’s push to end the war in Ukraine is a triumph of pragmatism over wishful thinking, which is what is needed right now.
Don’t rely on us for protection from Putin: US
Britain and Europe will ‘step up’ support for Ukraine, Britain’s Defence Secretary has vowed after coming under pressure from the US.
Trump’s Ukraine plan risks appeasement, envoy warns
Ukraine’s top diplomat in Australia has warned Donald Trump’s plan to end his country’s war with Russia risks becoming an exercise in appeasement.
President’s change of tack: sweet nothings, long talks
Donald Trump seems to be giving away so much to Vladimir Putin so early. It’s very unclear that this is the best way to optimise Ukraine’s position or Western strategic interests.
‘New world order’: Russia’s delight at Trump call over Ukraine
Putin told Trump the ‘root causes’ of the war need to be eliminated before fighting ends; shorthand for Zelensky’s removal and the ascent to power of a Moscow-friendly leader in Kyiv.
Ukraine peace conditions already stacked in Russia’s favour
Donald Trump has made two major concessions to Russia even before peace talks start, raising fears peace on such a basis won’t last the test of time.
Trump, Putin to meet in Saudi for Ukraine peace talks
Donald Trump says a ceasefire in Ukraine will be achieved ‘in the not too distant future’ but it’s not ‘practical’ for Ukraine to join NATO: Hegseth says return to pre-2014 borders is ‘unrealistic’.
Only NATO threat to Putin is to his imperialist fantasy
The Kremlin propaganda point that seems most attractive to extremists on the left and the right views Russia as a victim of NATO enlargement.
Exposed: CIA’s ‘artistic licence’ to fight communism
Jackson Pollock had no idea that he was part of a CIA drive to burnish the West with soft power – unlike Putin’s overt efforts today to challenge Eurovision.
The Kremlin’s enemy No.1: ‘Navalny was in real pain.’
One year after the death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian gulag, photographer Evgeny Feldman recounts an earlier attack on the leader of Russia’s democracy movement, when a caustic green liquid was used.
Zelensky ‘open to facing Putin’
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky says he would agree to direct talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end almost three years of war.
Authorities want to meet Jenkins in person to prove he is alive
Australian diplomats want Ukrainian and humanitarian counterparts to meet in-person with Oscar Jenkins in Russia, as Anthony Albanese says he refuses to take ‘the Putin regime at face value’.
‘Crisis’ may have been averted if Biden hadn’t ‘stolen’ election: Putin
The Russian president said he was ready to speak about the conflict in Ukraine with his American counterpart, whom he described as smart and pragmatic.
Trump orders documents on Kennedy, MLK assassinations to be declassified
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to release classified files held by the federal government on the assassinations of John F Kennedy, his brother Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump plays first hand on Putin
The unexpectedly forceful warning on his second day back in the White House sends a powerful message, the significance of which should elude neither Moscow nor Kyiv and its Western allies.
Blow torch lit on Putin for a deal to end the war
Donald Trump has turned up the heat on Vladimir Putin to negotiate a deal to end the war with Ukraine, threatening Russia with ‘high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions’ if he refuses.
Why NATO is fighting a cold war on Baltic seabed
NATO has launched Operation Baltic Sentry on the border of Russia after three underwater cables were severed in the space of two months, harming critical infrastructure.
‘Make a deal’: Trump threatens Putin with sanctions, tariffs over Ukraine war
Donald Trump says unless Moscow moves to end the war with Ukraine he’ll impose tariffs and sanctions on Russia; Elon Musk pours cold water on the Stargate AI project.
‘We see you, Vlad’: British navy warns Russia over spy ship
A British submarine popped up next to a Russian spy ship as a warning to Moscow after Westminster feared the ‘loitering’ vessel was monitoring undersea cables in the Irish Sea.
Putin reassures African ally after overthrow of Assad
The collapse of Syria’s regime has spooked other rulers propped up by Russia, such as President Touadéra of the Central African Republic.
Trump could speak to Putin about Ukraine next week
The incoming US administration expects a conversation with the Kremlin within days of taking office.
Putin’s empire is crumbling — will 2025 prove to be his 1989?
Failure in Syria and the fall of Assad, endless war in Ukraine, rejection by eastern states, a loss of influence in the global south: this is not how it was meant to be for the Russian leader. And this year it could get worse.
Putin weak but more dangerous
Russia’s folly is pushing its former Soviet satellites further away. The Azerbaijan President is right to have rejected Vladimir Putin’s obfuscation over the shooting down of an airliner.
Putin revives Stalin’s state of informers and snitches
Vladimir Putin has called for ‘scum and traitors’ to be ‘spat out like a gnat’ as part of a necessary self-detoxification of society — and there are many willing volunteers.
Putin still craves respect of West, 25 years on
After initial friendly overtures and talk of democracy, Vladimir Putin’s rule quickly spiralled into stand-offs with the West and increasing political terrors at home.
Azerbaijan plane’s black box sent to Brazil for probe
Brazil manufactures the Embraer plane involved in the crash that killed 38, likely caused by Russian missiles; Vladimir Putin apologises for the tragedy but stops short of acknowledging responsibility.
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