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Putin wants a 3-day ceasefire for WWII anniversary next month. Ukraine says why wait?

April 29, 2025

Putin wants a 3-day ceasefire for WWII anniversary next month. Ukraine says why wait? toggle caption Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images MOSCOW and KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine next week to honor the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. […]

Zelensky Urges Trump Not to Surrender to Russia

April 29, 2025

“Vladimir, STOP!” These were the feeble words of a cowardly blowhard, whose failure to bring the Russo-Ukrainian War into line with his imagined reality has begun to leave an impression on the one thing that matters most to President Donald Trump: his own ego. Trump has never understood the war in Ukraine, and as a […]

Trump urges Russia to stop attacks; Rubio says US might walk away from peace efforts

April 29, 2025

Summary US secretary of state says peace deal must 'happen soon' Ukrainian and European officials wary on US peace proposal Germany says US plan goes too far on ceding land to Russia Top US Democrat concerned Trump will 'cave in to Putin' MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, April 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump urged Russia on […]

War in Ukraine: Here is what Kyiv’s allies and opponents propose to obtain peace

April 29, 2025

Emmanuel Macron with US Special Correspondent Steve Witkoff, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, at the Elysée Palace, April 17, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN / AP During his campaign, Donald Trump promised he would end the war between Ukraine and Russia within 24 hours of taking office. Yet […]

Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching in the federal election campaign

April 29, 2025

April 18: Poilievre pledges to reverse the ban on plastic straws and grocery bags, and to overturn the former Liberal government's plan to phase out certain single-use plastic products by 2030. Poilievre says that will save Canadians money and help restaurants and grocers do business. April 19: Poilievre says he would give judges the ability […]

Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: POLL

April 29, 2025

Majorities of voters disapprove of many of Trump's policies, the poll found. President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2025. President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2025. President Donald Trump talks to […]

Trump says he fears Putin ‘may be tapping me along’ after Zelenskyy meeting

April 29, 2025

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sat down for a face-to-face talk in the opulent halls of a Vatican basilica to discuss a possible ceasefire, after which the US president accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of not wanting to “stop the war”. The White House described Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader before Pope […]

Putin Says Kursk Taken Back, General Admits Deploying North Korean Troops

April 29, 2025

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow has claimed its forces have retaken the Kursk region, but Kyiv has denied any such gains. Meanwhile, […]

Zelenskyy says Ukraine cannot accept US recognition of Crimea as Russian

April 29, 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could not accept US recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea as he visited South Africa, while both he and Donald Trump criticised a deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv. Though he did not mention Crimea – the contested Black Sea peninsula occupied by Russia since spring 2014 – by name, […]

Why Trump’s team snubbed the London Ukraine peace talks

April 29, 2025

Has the moment arrived when Donald Trump abandons the last iota of his support for Ukraine in the war against Russia? Taking to his social media platform, Truth, the American President appeared to suggest so. Referring to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump wrote, ‘He can have peace, or he can fight for another three […]