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European Union leaders abandoned a contentious plan to channel frozen Russian assets into aid for Ukraine after Belgium refused to back the measure without sweeping financial safeguards. The decision marked the collapse of months of negotiations and revealed the deep divisions within the bloc over how far to go in punishing Moscow while protecting......

Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his refusal to cede occupied territories during his annual televised question-and-answer session, defying international pressure to end the war. He claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains unwilling to negotiate on territorial terms, insisting that Ukraine must relinquish all areas......

Russia has cast new doubt on the possibility of peace negotiations with Ukraine as both sides exchange diplomatic gestures amid ongoing clashes on the battlefield. Renewed tension over talks Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters in Moscow that Ukraine remains “unwilling” to engage in meaningful peace talks, insisting......

Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized European leaders in a speech in Moscow, calling them “piglets” just hours before a decisive European Union summit on Ukraine’s future funding. The comments, made at a defense ministry meeting, underscored the rising tension between Moscow and Western capitals as the EU considered......

Ukraine has accused the United States of exerting pressure on European countries to abandon plans to use frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv, according to a senior Ukrainian official speaking anonymously. The official claimed that several European states are reluctant to publicly endorse the idea of mobilizing these frozen funds, while......

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sharply criticized Moscow’s “unreasonable” demands in ongoing peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Her remarks, delivered in the Italian parliament ahead of a key European Union summit in Brussels, reflected growing frustration among European leaders as negotiations stall......

Italy has aligned with Belgium, Bulgaria, and Malta in opposing the European Commission’s proposal to leverage frozen Russian assets to fund a loan package for Ukraine, adding new complexity to negotiations ahead of next week’s European Council summit in Brussels. The plan, driven by Brussels, seeks to use an estimated €210......

Berlin — German prosecutors announced on Monday that a lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been formally charged in connection with an alleged Nazi salute made inside the national parliament. According to the public prosecutor’s office in Berlin, the incident dates back to June 2023, when the......

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and American negotiators resumed high-level talks in Berlin on Monday, following several hours of discussions the previous day that both sides described as constructive. The meetings come as Kyiv seeks firm support from Washington for a ceasefire that would not require territorial concessions to Russia. The......

Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, following diplomatic discussions between Minsk and Washington, according to human rights organizations and official sources. The release was confirmed by Viasna, the leading Belarusian human rights group founded by Bialiatski......

A series of Ukrainian drone attacks has hit a major oil refinery in the Russian city of Yaroslavl, more than 700 kilometers from the border, marking one of the deepest strikes into Russian territory since the start of the conflict. The overnight assault ignited a fire at the Slavneft-YANOS refinery, one of Russia’s five largest oil-processing......

Russia and Belarus have publicly voiced their support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as Washington escalates its campaign to remove him from power. The show of solidarity underscores deepening geopolitical divisions over Venezuela’s future and signals Moscow and Minsk’s intent to counter US influence in Latin America. Russia......

The escalating frustration in Washington over the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war has prompted a grave warning from US President Donald Trump, who cautioned that continued hostilities could spiral into a global conflict. Trump expressed alarm over recent casualty figures, noting that 25,000 people—mostly soldiers—were killed last......