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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with ally UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday ahead of a key US-Russia summit in Alaska. Zelensky arrived at 9:30 am (0830 GMT) at Downing Street, after Starmer on Wednesday maintained there was now a "viable" chance for a Ukraine ceasefire. US President Donald Trump and ...
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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Among the constants in Donald Trump's turbulent career has been a belief in his dealmaking powers. In inviting Vladimir Putin, Trump will put these powers to the ultimate test. Trump will speak to his Russian counterpart about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, the two presidents' first standalone summit since a 2018 meeting in ...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukraine and its allies must work together to pressure Russia into ending its invasion, ahead of talks in Berlin with European leaders and US leader Donald Trump. "Pressure must be exerted on Russia for the sake of a fair peace. We must learn from the experience of Ukraine and our partners to ...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had scored a "personal victory" by getting invited to talks with Donald Trump on US soil and that the meeting further delayed sanctions on Moscow. Zelensky also ruled out withdrawing troops from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as part ...
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US President Donald Trump on Monday described his upcoming summit with Vladimir Putin as a "feel-out meeting" to gauge his ideas for ending the war in Ukraine, as European leaders rushed to ensure respect for Kyiv's interests. Trump has invited his Russian counterpart to Alaska on Friday -- the first face-to-face meeting between the two ...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday warned against capitulating to the demands of President Vladimir Putin ahead of talks Friday between the Russian leader and US President Donald Trump. The US-Russia summit -- so far planned without Zelensky -- will be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since 2021. Kyiv is ...
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EU foreign ministers will hold emergency talks on Monday to discuss their next steps before talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, as Europe fears any deal made without Ukraine could force unacceptable compromises. The two leaders will meet in the US state of Alaska on Friday to try to resolve the three-year war but the ...
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Ukraine won't surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US state of Alaska on August 15, to try to resolve the three-year conflict, despite warnings from Ukraine and ...
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US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to hold talks in a bid to end the war in Ukraine, triggered by Russia's February 2022 invasion. Trump has spent his first months in office trying to broker peace -- after boasting he could end the war in 24 hours -- though multiple rounds of peace talks, phone calls and ...
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US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would meet with Vladimir Putin for upcoming talks on the Ukraine war even if the Russian leader had not sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The statement, which contradicted earlier reports that a Putin-Zelensky meeting was a prerequisite for the summit, came after Trump gave Moscow ...
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The Kremlin said Thursday that a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was set for the "coming days", with the two sides already having agreed the venue "in principle." The summit would be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021, and comes as ...