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US President Donald Trump.

Trump says US making progress with Russia, coy on Putin talks

Donald Trump said the US was in touch with both Russia and Ukraine. “We’re talking to both sides,” he said.

  • Guy Faulconbridge

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Donald Trump insists NATO nations ramp up defence outlays to 5 per cent of their annual economic output.

Trump pressures Europe to fix its own defences

Europe knows after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that it needs to spend more on defence. Donald Trump’s election has only made that imperative more urgent.

  • Jeanna Smialek and Steven Erlanger
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky’s office deems US push for truce, elections a ‘failed plan’

Kyiv has repeatedly said it does not want a ceasefire without obtaining security guarantees that would stop Moscow regenerating its forces and launching another invasion in the future.

  • Tom Balmforth
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday.

Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of deadly strike on boarding school

The bomb killed at least four people in a dormitory in a part of Russia’s Kursk region held by Kyiv forces.

  • Oleksandr Kozhukhar
A photo released by Ukrainian officials purporting to show a North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine.

North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia earn millions for the Kim regime

Captured soldiers have lifted the curtain ever so slightly on the secretive Kim regime’s decision to join Russia’s war against Ukraine.

  • Lisa Visentin
Oscar Jenkins, pictured (left) playing for Toorak Prahran Cricket Club, was captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine (right).

Australia demands Russians free soldier Oscar Jenkins after confirmation he is alive

Friend says they are amazed and hopeful as Penny Wong says she has confirmation the former teacher turned soldier is alive.

  • Matthew Knott and Alex Crowe
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A still from the trailer for Russians at War.

Film festival defends screening of Ukraine war documentary branded Russian propaganda

Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia wrote to the chair of the Antenna Documentary Film Festival urging him to cancel screenings of the film Russians at War.

  • Matthew Knott
Russian ATM explosion gif

Ukrainian scammers thought to be tricking Russian pensioners into blowing up ATMs

Russian President Vladimir Putin last month dismissed a suggestion that he should target what are believed to be Ukrainian scammers behind the attacks.

  • Daniel Hardaker
Kokkinakis signing

Thanasi Kokkinakis was warned against playing in Russia. He went anyway

The Australian tennis star was paid to play in the unofficial event, which was backed by a state-owned energy company blacklisted by the Australian government.

  • Chris Barrett
Russian soldiers at an artillery position in the Kursk region, in Russia, in December.

Fighting alongside Russia, North Koreans wage their own war

The difficulties have ranged from finding uniforms small enough to fit North Korean soldiers, to hiccups that have led to direct clashes with Russian forces.

  • Marc Santora and Helene Cooper

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/russia-ukraine-war-6fid