U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, on the day he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Nearing the tone-setting 100th day of his second administration at the end of April, U.S. President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on…
Watch: Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko says conceding land to Russia could bring ‘temporary’ peace The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC that Ukraine may have to give up land as part of a peace deal with Russia, amid a growing pressure from President Donald Trump to accept territorial concessions. “One of…
Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia Editor Reuters Russia has recently intensified attacks even as diplomatic steps towards peace pick up pace Last month the Trump administration proposed the idea of a 30-day comprehensive ceasefire. Ukraine agreed. Russia did not. Or rather, it came up with a long list of conditions. Instead of 30 days, the Kremlin…
Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024. The Ukrainian army entered Russia’s Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. Roman Pilipey |…
The former president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, says his US visa has been revoked. Arias, a Nobel laureate, said he was informed of the decision weeks after he had publicly criticised Donald Trump, comparing the behaviour of the US president to that of a Roman emperor. The 84-year-old, who was awarded the Nobel Peace…
Reuters Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian and US officials will meet for peace talks in Saudi Arabia next Monday, after the Kremlin confirmed US-Russia talks there the same day. Ukraine’s leader said Russian President Vladimir Putin “must stop making unnecessary demands that only prolong the war”. Moscow’s demands include a complete end to military assistance…
In the run up to today’s call, Donald Trump made a big deal of his conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But the results look like there’s little to shout about. The Russian president has given the US leader just enough to claim that he made progress towards peace in Ukraine, without making it look like…
The UK and France have urged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to prove he wants a peace deal with Ukraine, ahead of talks between Putin and Donald Trump on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the “courage” of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenksy in agreeing to a ceasefire proposal, and challenged Russia to do the same. “Enough…
Russia will seek guarantees that Nato will exclude Ukraine from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said. “We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Alexander Grushko told Russian media outlet Izvestia. “Part of these guarantees should be the neutral status…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said military planning to protect a potential Ukraine ceasefire is moving to an “operational phase” after a virtual meeting with 29 other world leaders. Military leaders will gather on Thursday in the UK “to put strong and robust plans in place to swing in behind a peace deal and…
