Starmer and Zelenskyy agree to military production project
The two leaders announced the deal in the garden of Starmer’s Downing Street residence, where they also met Ukrainian troops being trained in Britain. Read more
Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
The two leaders announced the deal in the garden of Starmer’s Downing Street residence, where they also met Ukrainian troops being trained in Britain. Read more
Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said one of the city’s civilian industrial facilities was attacked by 40 drones, one missile and four bombs. Read more
The attacks followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed via President Donald Trump, that the Kremlin would hit back after Ukrainian drones destroyed several strategic bomber aircraft in attacks deep inside Russia. Read more
Trump did not say in the statement if he sought to discourage Putin from attacking Ukraine. Read more
Ukraine targeted at least four air bases across Russia using 117 unmanned aerial vehicles launched from containers close to the targets. Drone footage of the operation, verified by Reuters, shows several aircraft were struck in at least two locations. Read more
“The situation linked to the Ukraine crisis was discussed,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. Read more
The public squabble between the U.S. and Russia unfolded as the three-year-old war heats up, with swarms of drones launched by both Russia and Ukraine and Russian troops advancing at key points along the front. Read more
With his frustration increasing, Trump has lashed out at the Russian president as Moscow has hit Ukraine with some of the three-year-old war’s deadliest drone and missile attacks while not moving forward on ceasefire efforts. Read more
Trump posted the remark on Truth Social as sleeping Ukrainians woke to a third consecutive night of massive Russian aerial attacks, listening for hours to drones buzzing near their homes and eruptions of Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire. Read more
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The dead included three children in the northern region of Zhytomyr, local officials there said. Read more
“I don’t know what’s wrong with him. What the hell happened to him? Right? He’s killing a lot of people. I’m not happy about that,” Trump told reporters at the airport in Morristown, New Jersey, as he prepared to return to Washington. Read more
After the call with Trump, Putin said efforts to end the war were “generally on the right track” and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a potential peace deal. Read more
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine set the start of the ceasefire for May 12 at a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with President Donald Trump. Read more
Putin ordered thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering Europe’s biggest ground conflict since World War Two and the largest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War. Read more
Zelenskyy also said he and Trump agreed that a 30-day ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow was the correct first step toward ending the war in Ukraine. Read more
The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty persisting until the last moment with word of an eleventh-hour snag. Read more
North Korea’s unprecedented deployment of thousands of troops, as well as massive amounts of artillery ammunition and missiles, gave Russia a crucial battlefield advantage in the western Kursk region and has brought the two economically and politically isolated countries closer together. Read more
Following Trump’s remarks, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said the Senate is poised to move forward on bipartisan legislation that would impose trade sanctions on countries that purchase Russian oil, gas and other products. Read more
The attack, which Trump said was “not necessary” and “very bad timing” as he pushes for peace, also wounded 90 people, smashed buildings and set off fires, Ukrainian officials said. Read more
Japan signed an agreement with Ukraine on April 18 for the loan of 471.9 billion yen ($3.3 billion). Read more
It was the first time a U.S. official had publicly laid out a plan to end the war that favors Russia in such stark terms. Read more