At Ukraine's expense? US and Russia break the ice in Riyadh

18/02/2025 19:24 France 24

Three years after Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of a sovereign state, what has he gained? The answer seems to be a path to normalisation with the United States and negotiations on Ukraine – without the Ukrainians or the Europeans. Instead, Donald Trump is sending his secretary of state and national security advisor to Saudi Arabia, along with fellow New York real estate mogul Steve Witkoff, who has swiftly pivoted into a Middle East envoy role.

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Twenty-four hours in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, where life goes on despite the war

Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine’s largest city, is resolutely entering its fourth year of war, with residents stoically coping with emergency laws, night curfews and incessant air alerts. Underground schools have been built, and the city still offers a few leisure activities to ward off fear and help ov...

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The economy is a top concern for voters in Germany as they go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new government. The country has seen two consecutive years of economic contraction and this stagnation could very well continue for a third year. Its post-Covid recovery was completely stunted by Russia...

20/02/2025 16:25 France 24

Press conference between Zelensky and Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy is canceled by US

A news conference after talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled at the request of U.S. officials, a Kyiv official said. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg....

20/02/2025 15:20 France 24

Putin using Trump ties as 'legitimisation' in Russia, exiled opponent Khodorkovsky says

FRANCE 24 spoke to exiled Russian opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed for a decade until he was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin in 2013. Over the past few weeks, Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump have spoke to each other and agreed to work toward ending the war in Ukraine –...

20/02/2025 15:09 France 24

EU says 'Ukraine a democracy, Putin's Russia not' after Trump comments

In an extraordinary rift, Trump said that Zelensky was a "dictator without elections" who should act quickly or lose his country. The European Union hit back by saying that "President Zelensky was legitimately elected in free, fair and democratic elections." Analysis by FRANCE 24 Chief Foreign Edit...

20/02/2025 13:39 France 24

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20/02/2025 13:26 France 24

Russia agrees to resume dialogue with US ‘on all parameters’ of Ukraine war

Russia is going to resume dialogue with the United States “on all parameters” of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday. The announcement comes just two days after Moscow and Washington held a meeting on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia without inviting neither Kyiv, nor any representatives of i...

20/02/2025 10:44 France 24

DR Congo : UN warns of regional conflict, as M23 advances in strategic zones

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Germany: final face off before the legislative elections, Scholz promises to ward off AfD

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Crowfunding weaponry for Ukraine: activist and comedian raises €200 million in 3 years

In Ukraine, a spirit of defiance is growing, particularly among the many civil society organisations that have been helping the war effort over the past three years - crowdfunding drones and other weaponry for the army. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg has been to meet the head of one of the bigges...

20/02/2025 09:56 France 24

'Magnifique': Papers react to Mbappé's stunning Champions League hat-trick

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20/02/2025 06:53 France 24

Trump blames Ukraine war on 'dictator' Zelensky

After the US held bilateral talks with Russian delegates in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, breaking from US policy on the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump chided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a social media post, calling him a "dictator" and baselessly faulting him for causing the war....

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Ukrainians dismiss Trump's broadside against Zelensky

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19/02/2025 22:46 France 24

Fact-checking Trump's statements on Ukraine

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19/02/2025 21:37 France 24

Why Europe’s leadership is skeptical of negotiating with Putin

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19/02/2025 20:29 France 24

Trump "is very interested in doing business with Russia": analyst

President Zelensky said he will meet US envoy Kellogg on Thursday and that he hopes for "constructive" work with the US. The meeting comes as Trump used an extended social media post on his Truth Social platform to lash out at Zelensky and call the Ukrainian a “dictator without elections." Michae...

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Trump calls Ukranian president "dictator", Zelensky says Trump living in "disinformation space"

Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was living in a Russian-made “disinformation space" and Trump called Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections” in comments that were sure to complica...

19/02/2025 19:20 France 24

Andrey Kurkov: 'You can't write fiction when your houses, cities are shelled with missiles, drones'

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19/02/2025 17:50 France 24

Baltic region prepares for war as Russia and US debate Ukraine's fate

As Russia and the US debate Ukraine’s future, countries on the Baltic Sea are ramping up preparations for a military conflict amid fears that Russia is preparing for a future war with NATO....

19/02/2025 17:41 France 24

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Berlin International film festival 2025: Film explores life after war trauma

The Berlin international film festival is underway in the German capital until Sunday. It closes on the same day as the German snap elections. Timely given that this 75th edition has featured quite a bit of politics - with films covering the themes of immigrant identity as well as the wars in Gaza...

19/02/2025 16:34 France 24

'I lost it all in the war': Gaza’s fishermen struggle to rebuild livelihoods

Despite the ceasefire, now a month old, there's no business as usual in the Gaza strip. Homes are destroyed, and livelihoods too. After the destruction the war left behind, fishermen struggle to make a living as they once did....

19/02/2025 16:29 France 24

Emmanuel Macron to host second emergency talks on war in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a new meeting on Ukraine in a bid to coordinate a European response to what he called an "existential threat" from Russia after a shock policy shift in Washington. Macron planned to speak to leaders of around 15 countries, who were reportedly aghast at no...

19/02/2025 16:03 France 24

'We are all now different people' says Andrey Kurkov on FRANCE 24

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Trump brands Zelensky 'a dictator'

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator without elections" who "better move fast or he is not going to have a country left". The comments risk widening a personal rift between the two leaders, with possibly major implications on efforts to end t...

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The Berlinale's 75th selection of hard-hitting films

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19/02/2025 14:23 France 24

Volodymyr Zelensky says Donald Trump 'trapped in disinformation bubble'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of succumbing to Russian "disinformation", deepening a rift between Kyiv and the new US administration. For more, FRANCE 24's international affairs editor, Rob Parsons....

19/02/2025 13:59 France 24

Trump hit back at Zelensky after Washington received pushback from Kyiv

US President Donald Trump hit back at Ukraine's Vlodymir Zelensky after Washington received pushback from Kyiv for being left out of talks with Russia in Riyadh. Trump launched a series of attacks on Zelensky, as he confirmed a probable face to face meeting with Vladimir Putin by the end of the mon...

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