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Peace push: US eyes Budapest for Donald Trump-Putin-Zelenskyy meet; Russia signals gradual approach

File photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (Picture credit: AP) The White House is considering Budapest as the potential venue for a high-stakes trilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to a Trump administration official and a person […]

‘Held Russia in check, ensured peace in Europe’: White House defends Donald Trump’s record; accuses media of undermining peace efforts

File photo: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (Picture credit: AP) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday asserted that US President Donald Trump is the only American leader this century to have “held Russia in check and ensured peace in Europe,” while strongly defending his recent efforts to broker an end to the […]

They told me I am viral in Russia: Who is Mark Warren, an Alaska man who gets a personal gift from Putin?

Mark Warren with Putin’s gift which was inspired by his Soviet-era motorbike. (Photo: Anchorage Daily News) Mark Warren, an Alaska man, received a personal gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin after Putin came to Alaska to meet President Donald Trump. It is a new Ural motorbike but Warren never met Putin. The gift follows a […]

‘Russia deliberately killing people’: Zelenskyy condemns ‘cynical’ strikes ahead of Trump talks; Kharkiv attack kills 7, Zaporizhzhia wounds 20

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday accused Russia of carrying out “cynical” strikes on Ukraine, including an attack on an Azerbaijani-owned oil facility in Odesa, just hours before his planned talks in Washington with US President Donald Trump and European leaders.“This was a demonstrative and cynical Russian strike. They are aware that a meeting is […]

‘Issues must be resolved with Ukraine’s participation’: Zelenskyy hails US security guarantees; calls for trilateral talks with Russia

File photo: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (Picture credit: AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed Washington’s decision to join security guarantees for Kyiv, describing it as a “historic step” and urging the creation of a trilateral format involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia.“Everyone supports that key issues must be resolved with Ukraine’s participation in a […]

Ukraine crisis: Lindsey Graham threatens Russia with terrorism label; demands return of kidnapped children

Lindsey Graham (AP image) Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of President Trump on Sunday said that he may push bipartisan legislation to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism if Moscow does not return Ukrainian children it has reportedly kidnapped.Russia has been accused of abducting over 20,000 Ukrainian children during its war in Ukraine, […]

‘Putin will not stop’: Ex-US VP calls for additional sanctions on Russia; applauds Trump

Former US VP Mike Pence (Image: X/@Mike_Pence), Vladimir Putin with Donald Trump (AP image) Former vice-president Mike Pence on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to bring the “hammer down” on Russian President Vladimir Putin and impose additional sanctions on Russia.Pence praised Trump for pursuing peace in Ukraine after his Alaska summit with Putin on […]

‘Stopping the killing is key’: Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Russia to halt strikes; calls Moscow’s refusal to accept ceasefire ‘complicating situation’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday said that Russia’s refusal to accept a ceasefire was complicating efforts to end Ukraine’s war, which has lasted over three years, and added that stopping the killing is a key element of stopping the war. “We see that Russia rebuffs numerous calls for a ceasefire and has not yet […]

‘If Trump were president in 2022, there would be no war’: Putin after Alaska meeting; US President says no deal with Russia over Ukraine conflict

President Donald Trump greets Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. AP/PTI(AP08_16_2025_000011A) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday claimed that he would not have invaded Ukraine if Joe Biden had not been in office, a remark seen as courting Donald Trump, even as US tariff threats persist. “I’d like […]

‘Putin won’t mess around with me’: Trump ahead of meeting in Alaska; US president says Russia, Ukraine ‘will make peace’

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, won’t “mess around” with him ahead of a summit between the two world leaders in Alaska.The US president will be holding face-to-face talks with Putin at a US military base on Friday to negotiate a potential ceasefire in Ukraine. During a press […]