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Zelensky to Meet Trump on Friday in Washington to Determine if U.S. Aid Will Be "Stopped"

This is Beirut, 26/02 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, will be coming to Washington on Friday to finalize a framework agreement on the exploitation of Ukrainian minerals. "Zelensky is coming on Friday, it's confirmed now," Donald Trump said at the start of a cabinet meeting at the ...

Ukraine Agrees on US Minerals Deal

This is Beirut, 25/02 22:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ukraine has agreed on the terms of a minerals deal with the United States and could sign it Friday, the two countries said, a move Kyiv hopes will lead to future security guarantees from Washington. US President Donald Trump, in part of a dramatic shift of policy that includes reaching out to Russia, has demanded that Ukraine give access to its ...

Ukraine Has Lost Almost Half Its Population Since 1991

Élie-Joe Kamel, 24/02 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The demographic crisis that Ukraine has been suffering from for decades has worsened over the past three years. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the country’s independence a year later, Ukraine had approximately 52 million inhabitants. Today, the Ukrainian population is estimated at nearly 35 million, according to the United Nations ...

Turkey Says Ukraine-Russia Talks Should Involve 'Both Sides'

This is Beirut, 24/02 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkey's foreign minister on Monday said Ankara backed a US initiative to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict but stressed that talks should involve both warring sides. Moscow and Washington have begun a direct dialogue in recent weeks, against a backdrop of rapprochement between new US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "We ...

Three Years after Russia Invasion, UN Faces Difficult Votes on Ukraine

This is Beirut, 24/02 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Defying Kyiv and its European allies, Washington plans on Monday to submit to the UN Security Council and General Assembly a draft text that calls for a "swift end" to the Ukraine conflict but makes no reference to its territorial integrity, in an early test of Donald Trump's muscular approach to the crisis. Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine ...

Summit in Kyiv For The Third Anniversary of the War

This is Beirut, 24/02 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his country's "resistance" and "heroism" on Monday on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion as EU leaders arrived in Kyiv in a show of solidarity. Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch what he called a "special military operation" set off the biggest conflict in Europe since World ...

Russia's top diplomat arrives in Turkey

This is Beirut, 23/02 22:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Turkey late Sunday, Moscow's state news agency TASS reported, a day ahead of talks with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan. Turkish diplomatic sources had said that Lavrov would visit Turkey Monday, the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. TASS released footage Sunday of Lavrov ...

Zelensky Offers to Resign in Exchange for Ukrainian NATO Membership

This is Beirut, 23/02 18:49 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday -- the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion -- that he was ready to quit as Ukraine's president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the NATO military alliance. Zelensky has faced fierce criticism from the new US administration and said he wantss to meet Donald Trump before the US president ...

Zelensky and Putin Must "Get Together", Says Trump

This is Beirut, 22/02 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin will have to "get together" to end the war between Moscow and Kyiv. Trump's comments marked a shift from criticizing Zelensky as a "dictator," after the Ukrainian president complained that his country -- invaded ...

Elon Musk Slams "Despised" Volodymyr Zelensky

This is Beirut, 21/02 04:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Elon Musk attacked Volodymyr Zelensky Thursday, saying Ukrainians "despised" their president and that US leader Donald Trump was right to leave him out of talks with Russia aimed at ending the Ukraine war. The comments by the tech tycoon, who is leading Trump's huge US government overhaul, came as the White House told Zelensky to ...

Macron to Tell Trump: "You Can't Be Weak with Putin" Ahead of US Visit

This is Beirut, 20/02 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France was entering a "new era" and that he planned to tell US President Donald Trump he could not "be weak" with Vladimir Putin. Macron spoke to the French ahead of a planned visit to the White House to meet Trump next week, as Europe scrambles to respond to his Ukraine war ...

Trump Turns Against Zelensky - and Towards Russia

This is Beirut, 20/02 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump has not just turned against Volodymyr Zelensky by branding the Ukrainian president a "dictator" – he has also turned towards Russia's narrative about its invasion, deepening uncertainty about Kyiv's fate. Tensions had bubbled for days over Trump's sudden decision to open talks with Moscow while excluding Ukraine, before they boiled ...