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Trump Drops Ukraine Ceasefire Demand After Putin Summit

This is Beirut, 16/08 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump on Saturday dropped his push for a ceasefire in Ukraine in favor of pursuing a full peace accord – a major shift announced hours after his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin yielded no clear breakthrough. Prior to the high-stakes meeting in Alaska, securing an immediate cessation of hostilities had been a core demand of ...

US Proposed NATO-Style Joint Defense Guarantees for Kyiv

This is Beirut, 16/08 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US has proposed security guarantees for Ukraine similar to, but separate from, the collective defense agreement between NATO member countries, Italy's premier and a diplomatic source said on Saturday. The suggestion was raised during a call US President Donald Trump held with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on ...

European Leaders Back Putin-Trump-Zelensky Meeting

This is Beirut, 16/08 15:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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European leaders on Saturday expressed support for a three-way summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia's Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump, after a US-Russia summit failed to produce a ceasefire. A statement, signed by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir ...

Trump and Putin Kick off Alaska Summit With a Hand Shake

This is Beirut, 15/08 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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:Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shook hands and smiled at an air base in Alaska on Friday as they opened a high-risk summit that will test the US president's promise to end the bloody war in Ukraine. In choreographed drama, Trump and Putin each arrived in their presidential jets and walked under gray skies to greet each other on the tarmac, ...

Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit

This is Beirut, 15/08 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The online falsehoods spreading across tech platforms were muddying the waters around Friday's closely ...

Ukraine: From the First Shot to the Trump-Putin Summit

Moncef Ait-Kaci, 15/08 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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It all began in Maidan Square, at the heart of what history would remember as the “Revolution of Dignity” or “Euromaidan.” In November 2013, thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv to say “no” to a pro-Russian turn and to demand “a European future.” Months of violently repressed protests led to the flight of President Viktor ...

Putin-Trump Summit: What Each Side Wants

This is Beirut, 15/08 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war. Expectations are high for the first summit between sitting US and Russian presidents in more than four years, but Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart in their visions on how to end the conflict. It will be ...

Trump Heads to Alaska to Meet With Putin Over Ukraine

This is Beirut, 15/08 08:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump departed Washington en route to Alaska Friday for a high-risk summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that could prove decisive for the future of Ukraine. "HIGH STAKES," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform shortly before boarding Air Force One and taking off for the near seven-hour ...

Ukrainian Strike Kills One, Wounds 10 in Russia: Governor

This is Beirut, 15/08 05:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A Ukrainian drone strike on an apartment block killed one person and wounded 10 others in southwestern Russia, the region's acting governor said early Friday. Governor Alexander Khinshtein said he went to the apartment building damaged in the strike in Kursk. "Unfortunately, a 45-year-old woman died on the spot," he said on ...

Russia, Ukraine Exchange 84 Prisoners Each

This is Beirut, 14/08 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each on Thursday, both sides said, the latest in a series of swaps that has seen hundreds of POWs released so far this year. This latest one came on the eve of a high-level summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday. The Russian defense ministry ...

Trump Warns of Make-or-Break Chance with Putin as Pressure Mounts

This is Beirut, 14/08 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had only one chance but Moscow pressed ahead with major battlefield gains in Ukraine. Putin and Trump will meet Friday at an air base in the far-northern US state, the first time the Russian leader has been ...

Trump Eyes Three-Way Meeting with Putin and Zelensky

This is Beirut, 13/08 21:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would seek a three-way meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin immediately after his Alaska summit with the Russian leader aimed at ending the three-year war in Ukraine. Trump spoke after what he described as a "very good" call with European leaders, including Zelensky, even as ...

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