Late Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny once famously said that Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which has been under Russian control since 2014, is not “a ham sandwich” to be passed around.
Its fate is once again in question amid fevered diplomacy aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s ongoing…
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Russia Reaffirms Opposition to NATO Troops in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met US President Donald Trump in Washington on 18 August, backed by a delegation of European leaders urging Trump to support Ukraine with ironclad postwar security guarantees. Their talks focused on ending the war with Russia, but without letting Moscow…
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US President Donald Trump has said Washington will be involved in providing security to Kyiv as he welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the White House for crucial and unprecedented meetings including several European leaders on efforts to silence the guns in…
President Trump is expected to press Ukraine to make concessions to end the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky will likely ask what, if anything, Russia is offering in return.
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In a letter posted online by President Trump, the first lady wrote to Russia’s leader of the “duty” to safeguard children, but didn’t mention Ukraine.