President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, and what it can tell us about how the war might end.
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Peace in Ukraine Is Harder Than Trump Thought
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Ukrainians Mourn Mother Who Died Protecting Her Child From Russian Attack Drones
The Russian air strike that killed Ukrainian mother Anna Yefymenko near Kyiv on May 18 was part of a swarm of hundreds of Shahed drones launched by Russia that night.
She was killed while protecting her four-year-old son, Mark, with her body after the family apartment was hit.
Yefymenko — a…
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Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia?
With the ink still drying on the European Union’s freshly printed 17th sanctions package on Russia, work is already under way on a next step that European leaders say will be “massive.”
But some analysts warn that, in many ways, the EU has already played its best cards and doesn’t have many…
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Mourners Honor Ukrainian Mother Killed While Protecting Her Young Son
Neighbors and family gathered in the Ukrainian community of Vasylkiv, outside Kyiv, to mourn a mother who died on May 18 while shielding her 4-year-old son from a Russian air attack. Anna Yefymenko, 27, was killed in the air strike on the family’s apartment but her son, Mark, survived with…
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Trump’s New Position on the War in Ukraine: Not My Problem
In a reversal, President Trump appears to have backed off joining a European push for new sanctions on Russia, seemingly eager to move on to doing business deals with it.
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Rubio says US will impose new sanctions on Russia if no progress on peace deal
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Secretary of state Marco Rubio has insisted the US will impose fresh sanctions on Russia if there is no progress on a peace deal with Ukraine, and denied that…
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Vladimir Putin’s manipulation of Donald Trump
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“Nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I get together,” Donald Trump declared last week after Russia’s president failed to turn up for Ukraine peace…
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UK imposes sanctions on British accountant over Russia shadow fleet deals
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The UK has imposed sanctions on an English accountant for his alleged involvement in the procurement of ships for Russia’s shadow fleet in a rare move against a British…
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Ukrainians Brace for a Longer War as Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Call
President Trump appears to be stepping back from trying to end the war in Ukraine. Many in the country see little choice but to battle on.
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EU, UK Target ‘Warmonger’ Putin And Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ With New Sanctions
The European Union and the United Kingdom have imposed a new batch of sanctions targeting dozens of ships considered to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” that help Moscow avoid restrictions placed on it over the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.
As part of a…
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