Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Europe is only half-awake from its long sleep
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EU to exclude US, UK and Turkey from €150bn rearmament fund
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Arms companies from the US, UK and Turkey will be excluded from a new €150bn EU defence funding push unless their home countries sign defence and security pacts with…
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Why Putin’s ceasefire demands are a test case for Europe’s resolve
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Good morning. Yesterday afternoon, as…
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How Trump’s peacemaking ambitions unravelled
US president is failing in his vow to end conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East
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Vladimir Putin agrees 30-day halt to strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in call with Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s military to refrain from striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days but stopped short of agreeing an unconditional ceasefire.
The Kremlin said the Russian president had “reacted positively” to Donald Trump’s suggestion to halt the attacks…
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Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose
To hear President Trump describe it, he and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are about to have something akin to their own Yalta moment, great powers determining borders within Europe.
He didn’t explicitly refer to the 1945 meeting, where Churchill, Stalin and a deathly ill Franklin D….
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Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine-Russia Cease-Fire: What to Know
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed on Tuesday during a phone call with President Trump to temporarily halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, according to the Kremlin.
That fell short of the unconditional 30-day cease-fire that Ukraine had already agreed to, at the urging of…
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Trump’s Focus on Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Is Partly Linked to Minerals Deal, Officials Say
After months of worry over the possibility of nuclear accidents at the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, the reactors were stopped in 2022 and the plant mainly dropped off as a topic of discussion. Until last weekend.
That was when President Trump suddenly said he intended to bring up…
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Former Russian politician goes on trial in UK for breaching sanctions
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A former Russian politician appointed by Vladimir Putin “knew perfectly well” that he was subject to sanctions when he and his family opened a British bank account and…
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Baltic states and Poland propose exit from anti-landmine agreement
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The three Baltic states and Poland have proposed withdrawing from an international agreement banning landmines as the frontline Nato countries respond to the rising threat…
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