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Thursday, 11 December 2025, 21:21
The goals of today's meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul are to assess the conditions and prospects for a ceasefire, discuss a prisoner exchange, and prepare for a meeting at the presidential level.
At the upcoming NATO summit in June, it is crucial to reaffirm that the Alliance remains strong and that Europe will not abandon its own security.
The Ukrainian delegation has arrived at the venue of the talks in Istanbul.
During the talks with Russia in Istanbul, the Ukrainian side will insist on an unconditional ceasefire, discussion of humanitarian issues, the return of children and the exchange of prisoners.
The Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Istanbul for talks with Russia’s representatives.
Karol Nawrocki, the candidate from the right-wing conservative party Law and Justice and current head of the Institute of National Remembrance, is winning the Polish presidential election with 50.89% of the vote.
Marcy Kaptur, Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, believes that the strike Ukraine launched at Russian military airfields was long overdue.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham stated that the U.S. Senate plans to consider a new package of sanctions against Russia ahead of the G7 Summit, scheduled for June 15–17 in Canada.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the request of the Russian side.
01 June 2025
Russia has launched an initiative to map temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories in order to consolidate control over seized lands.
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has called on the West to ramp up pressure on Russia, stating that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has shown no willingness to honor a ceasefire or engage in meaningful peace talks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has formed a Ukrainian delegation to participate in negotiations with international partners and representatives of the Russian Federation aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine says Russia, despite claims of preparing for meetings to discuss peace, continues to attack Ukraine.
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The United States at the UN insists that a ceasefire in Ukraine should be immediate and unconditional.
31 May 2025
The head of the Estonian parliament's foreign affairs committee, Marko Mihkelson, said that cooperation between the Black Sea and Baltic regions needs to be strengthened in order to ensure Europe's resilience. He also emphasized the need for a strategy aimed at Ukraine's victory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that new defense agreements with the Baltic and Nordic countries are expected next week.
The United States did not do enough to stop Russia's aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, according to former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to visit Washington next week for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump — his first since taking office as head of the German government.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that there is currently no clear information about what Russia intends to bring to the table at the upcoming meeting in Istanbul.
If the U.S. ever recognized Crimea as belonging to an aggressor state, it would be a huge strategic mistake, as it could imply that Russia retained control over the eastern part of the Black Sea.
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Julie Davis, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and National Police Chief Ivan Vyhivskyi visited the site of a Russian combined attack in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv on April 24.
Russia's decision to send a low-level delegation to the upcoming round of peace talks in Istanbul on June 2 signals a lack of genuine interest in meaningful negotiations and a deliberate strategy to stall the process, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
U.S. President's Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg advised U.S. President's negotiator Steve Witkoff to talk to European leaders before drawing conclusions on whether to trust Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
President Donald Trump is “surprised” and “disappointed” by the recent Russian air strikes on Ukraine, he told reporters at the White House on Friday.
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Olena Andriiets as the State Secretary of the Ministry of Health.
30 May 2025
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has said that Ukraine is ready for a lasting ceasefire and the establishment of reliable security guarantees.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a meaningful and productive conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about an upcoming meeting in Istanbul and the conditions under which Ukraine is ready to participate.
A potential Russian summer offensive in Ukraine is likely to fail as Ukrainian forces are now far better prepared than they were last year. There is a strong likelihood that following such a failure, Russia will genuinely seek to negotiate a ceasefire.