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Modi-Putin meeting 'symbolic': Agreements 'predictable and along familiar lines'

Asia / Pacific

Putin’s first visit to India since Ukraine invasion: 'Very public show of defiance to US and Europe'

Asia / Pacific

'Three businessmen in Miami lounge: Trump has re-injected life into stalled peace process'

Europe

Ukraine peace talks: European counter-proposal deemed 'viable' with backing from Marco Rubio

Europe

'Blurred Lines: One US team dealing with the Ukrainians, the other dealing with the Russians'

Europe

Will Ukraine receive any 'meaningful security guarantees from its Western allies'?

Europe

'Much better than US-Russia version': Ukraine and European negotiators developed latest peace plan

Europe

US-Russia peace plan 'feeds into the perception' that the US is not committed to European security

Europe

With release of Epstein files looming, is Trump 'in a hurry to push through a Ukraine peace deal'?

Europe

The EU has found 'a sense of purpose' in providing economic, military support for Ukraine

'Moscow believes battlefield realities favour them: Kyiv's defence lines, air defence overstretched'

Zelensky-Macron agreements: 'Very clearly a successful visit' after leaving the US empty-handed

As US engagement wanes, is Western military support for Ukraine now primarily a European effort?

Europe

'Russia is advancing towards multiple areas in the Donbas region'

Europe

Amid Russia's relentless attacks on Ukraine's urban areas, will EU have to send boots on the ground?

Europe

'Pressure on Russia is the only way to force Putin' into serious peace negotiations with Ukraine

Europe

'Cruel irony': Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest, 'where Ukraine’s security was once guaranteed'

Europe

'Illusions of a dictator: Putin hasn't given Trump anything and is making him look bad & look weak'

Europe

Mass child deportations: Russia seeks to 'eradicate Ukrainian identity, history, and entire country'

Europe

Russia's 'hybrid war' strategy: Drone incursions 'disrupt, disorient, destabilise Western countries'

Europe

Is Russia preparing for a 'potential confrontation' with NATO?

Europe

Global responsibility: From Ukraine to Mideast, Macron steps into void once filled by US presidents

Americas

Trump’s pro-Kyiv pivot raises stakes: Will EU release €200bn in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine?

Europe

Ukraine's ex-PM Yatsenyuk warns Putin only understands force, urges NATO to match words with action

Europe

Gaza: Palestinians search for shelter as Israel ramps up campaign

Middle East

'Escalate to deescalate': Putin seeks to push Europe, NATO to the brink and force them to stand down

Europe

'Disquiet in Poland': Parliament convenes emergency session following Russian drone incursions

Europe

'Very difficult for European leaders, policy planners & Zelensky to know what to expect from Trump'

Europe

Europe’s security impacts the US: EU holding on to hope Trump won’t ‘sell Ukraine down the river’

Europe

Is Trump’s Ukraine gambit 'sending a signal to the world that America does not stand by its allies'?

Europe

Alaska Summit: Behind all of the praise, is Putin simply luring Trump in?

Europe

'Zelensky and the Europeans should be a part of the decision-making process'

Europe

'Ukraine doesn't have much room for manoeuvre': EU makes appeal to Trump ahead of talks with Putin

Europe

Is the mere announcement of a Trump-Putin meeting enough to delay sanctions on Russia?

Europe

Until Putin faces greater pressure from West, he has little incentive to pursue peace negotiations

'As with Maidan and other revolutions in Ukraine, civic mobilisation is an extremely effective tool'

Ukraine: War is 'the price they have to bear to live in an independent sovereign state'

Europe

'Growing sense from Ukraine they'll have to rely on themselves sans US, with limited EU support'

'Russia’s unprecedented actions in Ukraine demand an unprecedented EU response'

Europe

'Russians prefer to sit at negotiating table and deal with Trump directly without involving Ukraine'

Expert Analysis
Europe

Ukraine's 'modus operandi': SBU targeting high-ranking Russian military figures like Igor Kirillov

Ukraine's 'modus operandi': SBU targeting Russian military figures like 'war criminal' Igor Kirillov

Ukraine faces 'existential' war: 'Someone wants to kill us & we want to live, preserve our country'

US shift on Ukraine's missiles 'sharpens divisions within EU': Can there be harmonisation on F-16s?

'Conflicts not always won by tactical battles': Putin doesn't know how to respond to US policy shift

'The world order based on the UN Charter and international law is collapsing before our eyes'

Ukraine needs full NATO membership for security guarantee, 'there's no point being invited' to join

Catherine Norris Trent takes us to frontlines of Ukrainian-controlled towns in Russia's Kursk region

Russian dissident fighting with the Ukrainian army, Alexy Makarov, speaks to France 24

Europe

If Russia's invasion turns Ukraine into 'unstable state', the same 'instability' could reach Moldova

Putin's warning to West seeks to create 'divide within Ukraine's allies over war' & foment 'discord'

Kursk offensive fails to materialize into 'game changer', Ukraine needs 'new strategic plan'

Mongolia welcomes Putin, 'undermines ICC': Asia's beacon of democracy squeezed between Russia, China

Ukraine's Kursk incursion 'has lifted the morale of fighting troops & the people behind frontlines'

Attritional fight akin to WWI: Russia making 'steady incremental advance' in Ukraine's north, south

Ukraine cross-border raids in Russia: thousands evacuated from Kursk region

Sirens sound, people flee as Taiwan simulates Chinese missile attack

Asia / Pacific

'We're stuck in the same old formula: No NATO membership until Ukraine finishes this war'

Russia & North Korea adept at 'circumventing' sanctions, 'keeping their military war machines alive'

Putin, Kim 'not natural bedfellows': Isolation, economic woes kindle 'relationship of convenience'

Russia has 'momentum' on their side: West's 'lack of pace, determination have dragged Ukraine back'

Putin's war on Ukraine: West 'no longer worried' when Russia's rhetoric, talking points go 'nuclear'

Jailed for 'political purposes': Russia's senior generals 'routinely involved in corruption'

Is China the 'only friend that Russia has of any stature'?

China has economic 'upper hand' yet Xi & Putin 'need each other to form counterbalance against West'

EU's 'critical moment' with China: From trade to Russian war on Ukraine, 'no more business as usual'

Economics, geopolitics & human rights: China has 'conflicting interests' with France, EU 'partners'

Acting on 'principles & values', Vardanyan has 'risked it all' for Nagorno-Karabakh ethnic Armenians

US aid gives Ukraine 'breathing space' to counterattack 'Putin's obsession with destroying Ukraine'

Following 75 years of 'deterrence & defence', NATO seeks to exhibit 'strength, ambition for future'

'Russian offensive' looming: Ukraine appeals to West, NATO for 'more & more weapons to push back'

Zelensky faces worsening operational conditions: Ukraine cannot 'prevail' without 'Western support'