Nick Robinson BBC News, in Delaware Watch: Biden’s first interview since leaving the White House Joe Biden has told the BBC that pressure from the Trump administration on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is “modern-day appeasement” in an exclusive interview, his first since leaving the White House. Speaking in Delaware on Monday, he...
Ukraine said it hit a drone command unit in the Kursk region, amid reports of fresh attempts to cross into Russia. Sunday’s attack on the unit was located near the Russian village of Tyotkino, according to the Ukrainian general staff. Multiple Russian military bloggers also reported that Ukrainian forces had attempted to cross into the...
Olga Ivshina BBC News Russian Special Reporter EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Russian conscripts train for combat in the first year of the full-scale war Last year was the deadliest for Russian forces since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine: at least 45,287 people were killed. This is almost three times more than in the first year...
US Vice-President JD Vance has said the war in Ukraine is “not going to end any time soon”, in an interview with Fox News. Vance said the question facing the US administration now is how it can help Russia and Ukraine “find middle ground” to end the conflict that has been raging for more than...
Paul Kirby, James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan BBC News Getty Images The US and Ukraine have signed a deal that will give Washington access to some of the war-torn country’s natural resources. Months in the making, it sets up an investment fund that Ukraine hopes will cement US assistance as the country struggles to repel...
Abdujalil Abdurasulov BBC News, Kyiv Getty Images Ukraine has substantial supplies of key minerals, but some are now in Russian-occupied territory A natural resources deal between the United States and Ukraine has finally been agreed after months of twists and turns. The deal will see the two countries collaborate to ensure that “mutual assets, talents,...
Looks like the Vatican may have scored a diplomatic victory in the Russia-Ukraine war. During the funeral for Pope Francis, the Holy See arranged for Donald Trump and Volodyyr Zelensky to talk one-on-one in St. Peter’s Basilica. Neither side outlined the discussion, but many presumed it rested in large part on the mineral-rights deal that...
Both the US and Ukraine have said they are broadly ready to sign a deal which would give American firms access to Ukraine’s minerals. “We are ready to sign this afternoon if they are,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday, adding that Ukraine “decided to make last minute changes” to the agreement. Ukraine’s...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has said the ceasefire will run from the morning of 8 May until the 11 May – which coincides with victory celebrations to mark the end of World War Two. In a statement it said Putin declared the ceasefire...
Germany’s defence minister has warned Ukraine not to agree to a deal which involves sweeping territorial concessions in return for a ceasefire with Russia. Boris Pistorius said Ukraine “should not go as far as the latest proposal by the American president”, which he said would amount to a “capitulation”. US President Donald Trump said this...
EPA Russia’s army chief made the claims in a video meeting with President Vladimir Putin During a video conference meeting with Putin on Saturday, Gerasimov said: “Today, the last settlement in the Kursk region, the village of Gornal, has been liberated from Ukrainian forces.” He praised what he described as the “heroism” of North Korean...
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. It follows growing pressure from US President Donald Trump to accept territorial concessions. The political opponent to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called it a “temporary” solution. But what might...
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...
14 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave The UK is likely to abandon plans to send thousands of troops to Ukraine as the risks are “too high”, the Times reports. The newspaper says it is hoped a change by Britain and the EU in military support for Ukraine could result in Moscow moving its red lines to...
Reuters The pace of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine is quickening. Talks are taking place in London between officials from the UK, Germany, France, Ukraine and the United States. Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Moscow for his fourth meeting with President Putin. And yet there is little clarity...