Russia-Ukraine War

‘They will not even speak to us,’ the Member of European Parliament said of the party once helmed by Angela Merkel.

The Bruegel and Kiel study found that the defense spending of European Union members needed to increase from the current 2 percent to about 4 percent of GDP.

Bessent emphasized that the plan would not burden Ukraine with debt or transfer Ukrainian assets to U.S. ownership.

A meeting would mark the first time U.S. and Russian heads of state have sat down together since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.

Trump said the deal would help Washington recover hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to Kyiv.

Trump said the United States and Ukraine could’ve talked Russia out of invading Ukraine in 2022 and could’ve started negotiations with Moscow years ago.

Trump had cautioned the Europeans before taking office that they would face trade tariffs unless they bought more U.S. oil and gas.

The Kyiv meeting was held two days after U.S. and Russian officials held peace talks which did not include Ukraine’s participation.

The national security adviser said insults Zelenskyy directed at Trump were ‘unacceptable.’

The vice president said Trump is a ‘president of peace.’

Moscow’s ongoing ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine will enter its third year early next week.

The U.S. president’s criticism of his counterpart in Kyiv sparked consternation across the continent.

The U.S. president accused the Ukrainian president of talking the United States into an unnecessary and unwinnable war with Russia.

The EU has been cranking up its prohibitions in recent months, while across the Atlantic, the Trump administration begins talks with Moscow.

Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg’s visit follows landmark US-Russia talks in Riyadh, where Ukraine did not have a seat at the table.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict could pave the way for improved U.S.–Russia economic and geopolitical ties.

Washington has assured Warsaw that U.S. troop levels will not be reduced in Eastern Europe, Polish President Andrzej Duda said.

The scheduled trip was unrelated to the Feb. 18 meeting between top U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia.

Operated by Transneft, the pipeline runs from the Kazakh shore of the Caspian Sea through Russia before being sold into the global market.

A U.S. and Russian delegation met in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Feb. 18 to advance talks on ending the Russia–Ukraine war.