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Zelenskyy to visit London for talks before expected Trump-Putin summit

Ukrainian president will seek to win security guarantees at ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting before any US-Russia talksTrump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with ZelenskyyVolodmyr Zelenskyy will travel to London on Friday for a meeting of the “coalition...

20/10/2025 17:15 The Guardian
‘I wanted to do something more meaningful’: the Chinese nationals fighting for Ukraine

Volunteers defy their government and public opinion in China to risk their lives for an adversary of Beijing’s main geopolitical partnerIn a war that has been characterised by merciless attacks on civilians, one of the worst took place on 8 July 2024. Russian missile strikes killed at least 43 peo...

20/10/2025 14:50 The Guardian
Scramble to shore up ceasefire as Israel hits Gaza with deadly strikes | First Thing

IDF says attack followed Hamas killing of two soldiers, but both sides say they are committed to ceasefire. Plus, No Kings protesters on their hopes for resistance movement against Trump• Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Israel launched waves of lethal airstr...

20/10/2025 12:32 The Guardian
Senior German General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help Ukraine

European democracy and rule of law are at risk, the general says, so Europe must give Ukraine whatever it can to pressure Moscow, even if Trump does not....

20/10/2025 09:48 New York Times
British troops to get powers to shoot down drones near military bases

Defence secretary will announce measures to combat threat of unmanned aircraft after incursions in EuropeSoldiers are to be given new powers to shoot down unidentified drones believed to be threatening UK military bases in response to a recent spate of incursions and sightings in Europe.John Healey,...

20/10/2025 08:58 The Guardian
Monday briefing: ‘New levels of misery’ for Ukraine’s soldiers as diplomatic wrangling drags on

In today’s newsletter: Trump’s stance on the war continues to oscillate while Zelenskyy’s infantry face gruelling stints at the ‘zero line’ amid increasingly lethal Russian attacksGood morning. It looked, for a moment, as if Donald Trump had finally taken a clear side in the war between Ru...

20/10/2025 05:24 The Guardian
European leaders near deal to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

Plans to secure loan with Russian funds ‘moving to happy resolution’, says Polish foreign ministerEuropean leaders, including in the UK, are increasingly confident a proposal to lend Ukraine €140bn (£159bn) secured on frozen Russian central bank deposits can be agreed by the end of the year,...

20/10/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Trump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with Zelenskyy

Trump made the comments after a tense meeting with Zelenskyy in which the Ukraine leader failed to secure supplies of Tomahawk missilesDonald Trump has suggested the best way to end the war in Ukraine would be to “cut up” the country’s Donbas region in a way that would leave most of it under R...

20/10/2025 03:30 The Guardian
Zelenskyy urges allies not to appease Russia after failing to secure US missiles

Ukraine’s president calls for meeting of European-led ‘coalition of the willing’ on his return from talks with TrumpUkraine’s president has urged allies against appeasing Russia after returning from a trip to the US, where he failed to secure long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.Volodymyr Zel...

19/10/2025 21:51 The Guardian
Exiled Russian oligarch: Putin has sent signal to Trump that he's ready for Ukraine deal

Exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has claimed that Vladimir Putin is signalling that he is prepared to strike a deal on Ukraine with Donald Trump....

18/10/2025 23:29 Skynews
Ukraine Braces for New Talks Without the Leverage of New Missiles

President Trump backed off selling Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, opting instead for talks with Russia. Still, Ukraine’s negotiating position has strengthened since the summer....

18/10/2025 10:43 New York Times
Trump Backs Off Suggestion to Give Tomahawks to Ukraine, Again Deferring to Putin

At the White House, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made the case for why a weapons sale would help end the war. Mr. Trump at first seemed receptive, then expressed reservations....

18/10/2025 00:22 New York Times
US cools talk of delivering Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine over fears of 'escalation'

Ukraine's hopes of securing Tomahawk missiles have been dashed by the US over fears it would spark an escalation, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested....

17/10/2025 23:25 Skynews
Trump admits it's possible he's being 'played' by Putin over Ukraine

Before Donald Trump met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he hosted one of his favourite singers, Andrea Bocelli, in the Oval Office....

17/10/2025 23:18 Skynews
Trump hesitant about giving Tomahawks to Ukraine, saying ‘hopefully they won’t need it’ – as it happened

Ukrainian president repeats call for weapons but US president insists they’re ‘not easy for us to give you’ and says ‘Putin wants to end the war’‘The key to success is in the sky’: the Ukrainian defenders struggling to stem Russia’s air assaultFirst came the sound of drones. Then a b...

17/10/2025 19:58 The Guardian
Trump downplays hopes he will supply Ukraine with US missiles after meeting with Zelenskyy

US president seemed more intent on brokering a peace deal after surprise phone call with Putin earlier in dayDonald Trump seemed more intent on brokering a peace deal than he was to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles during a White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that the US...

17/10/2025 19:08 The Guardian
Putin Plays to Trump’s Ego as U.S. Wavers on Ukraine Aid

After Thursday’s phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, President Trump appeared to express doubts about supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons....

17/10/2025 15:15 New York Times
Revealed: how a Russian fight club expanded into the US with the help of American neo-Nazis

Members of white supremacist ‘active clubs’ spearheaded a US expansion of a Russian fighting group that has raised money for the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of UkraineA Russian street fighting organization that has raised money for Moscow’s illegal invasion of Ukraine expanded into the US ear...

17/10/2025 14:00 The Guardian
Meet the Designer Who Got Zelensky Into a Suit

Viktor Anisimov, one of Ukraine’s top fashion designers, first met Volodymyr Zelensky about 20 years ago, when the future president was a comedian. He didn’t want to wear a suit then either....

17/10/2025 12:07 New York Times
What Are Tomahawk Missiles, and Why Might Trump Give Them to Ukraine?

Ukraine could receive a newly developed land-based launcher to strike Moscow and beyond....

17/10/2025 10:23 New York Times
‘The key to success is in the sky’: the Ukrainian defenders struggling to stem Russia’s air assault

War in the air is becoming increasingly significant as conflict on the ground becomes bogged downFirst came the sound of drones. Then a boom that rattled windows. Shortly after that, two columns of black smoke rose over the Shebelinka gas processing plant in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. Towering flam...

17/10/2025 08:59 The Guardian
Trump says he plans to meet Putin in Budapest as Zelenskyy prepares to make missiles case at White House

US president has repeatedly hinted at supplying Kyiv with Tomahawks but some in Moscow say Kremlin sees it as negotiating gambitVolodymyr Zelenskyy will head to the White House on Friday for a crucial meeting with Donald Trump, hours after the US president said he had agreed to another summit with V...

16/10/2025 23:26 The Guardian
Zelenskyy responds as Trump and Putin set up summit ahead of key meeting today

Donald Trump will host Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House today after announcing another meeting with Vladimir Putin, as the US president seeks to end the war in Ukraine....

16/10/2025 20:56 Skynews
Has threat of US cruise missiles to Ukraine forced Putin back to negotiating table?

It feels like a game of diplomatic chess....

16/10/2025 20:22 Skynews
Russia bombards Ukraine’s gas sites as Zelenskyy flies to US for Trump meeting

Strikes cause outages in eight regions before Washington talks to discuss US providing Kyiv with cruise missilesA massive Russian drone and missile attack has hit gas facilities in eastern Ukraine as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, flew to Washington for a meeting with Donald Trump to...

16/10/2025 16:23 The Guardian
‘I need to do everything now’: the Ukrainian combat medic-turned playwright

Since Alina Sarnatska’s first play premiered a year ago, she has documented wartime Ukraine with unflinching franknessEighteen months ago, Alina Sarnatska was serving as a combat medic on Ukraine’s frontline – including in the hellish battle for Bakhmut – and had barely been to the theatre.S...

16/10/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Hegseth Warns U.S. Will Impose ‘Costs’ on Russia if Peace Efforts Falter

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles....

15/10/2025 20:04 New York Times
Starmer only read China spy witness statements this morning, No 10 says, as Cleverly accuses PM of misquoting him – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereLindsay Hoyle starts by telling MPs that speakers from the parliaments in Fiji and Ukraine are in the gallery. And he says it is four years to the day since David Amess was murdered.It’s PMQs. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a questi...

15/10/2025 17:33 The Guardian
Russian drone incursion ‘tactically stupid and counterproductive’ says Polish minister

Radosław Sikorski says Putin consolidated western opinion against him with the incursion into PolandPoland’s foreign minister has accused Russia of a “tactically stupid and counterproductive” escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying its drone incursion into Poland last month appeared to be de...

15/10/2025 16:03 The Guardian
Sweden, Estonia, and Finland pledge to increase spending on weapons purchases from US – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage hereSergiy Petrovich Lysak has been appointed as the head of the Odesa city military administration, as confirmed by an order on the website for the president of Ukraine on Wednesday, after the dismissal of the city’s former...

15/10/2025 14:24 The Guardian
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