Strategic Bargain
The new US-Ukraine minerals agreement, months in the making, marks a defining moment in the war’s third year ~ not just for Kyiv, but for Washington and its global standing.
The new US-Ukraine minerals agreement, months in the making, marks a defining moment in the war’s third year ~ not just for Kyiv, but for Washington and its global standing.
Russia has declared a state of emergency in the port city of Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region on Saturday, claiming an attack by Ukraine that damaged apartment buildings in a residential complex.
After a second consecutive night of deadly Russian air attacks – against the capital Kyiv on April 23 and the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad on April 24 – a ceasefire in Ukraine seems as unrealistic as ever.
As the war in Ukraine grinds through yet another year, a renewed push for diplomacy has emerged from the West, driven in large part by a desire for stability and a strategic pivot.
There is a 'very good chance' of Russia and Ukraine reaching a deal this week, US President Donald Trump said expressing optimism even as Russian President Vladimir Putin's "Easter Truce" expired, with both Russia and Ukraine accusing each other of violating it.
The US has expressed support for India's involvment in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and its efforts to bring peace between the two countries, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel has said here.
The Ukrainian military now controls 74 settlements in Russia's Kursk border region, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The cross-border incursion by Ukrainian forces into Russia’s Kursk region marks a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict, one that could potentially reshape the trajectory of the war.
Ukraine has received over 93 billion US dollars in budget support from international partners since the beginning of its conflict with Russia in February 2022, Ukraine's Finance Ministry said on Thursday.
The Slovak refinery Slovnaft will suspend the supplies of diesel to Ukraine if the transit of Russian oil via Ukraine to Slovakia is not resumed soon, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.