Putin says ready to meet Zelenskyy in Moscow, Ukraine calls offer ‘unacceptable’

Putin says ready to meet Zelenskyy in Moscow, Ukraine calls offer ‘unacceptable’

Putin said he had always been open to meeting Mr. Zelenskyy but reiterated the Kremlin’s oft-repeated stance that such a meeting had to be well prepared in advance and lead to tangible results. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) that he was ready to hold talks … Read more

Macron calls Putin ‘predator’ and ‘ogre at our gates’

Macron calls Putin 'predator' and 'ogre at our gates'

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with the media after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, at French Ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., U.S., on August 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (August … Read more

Trump says U.S. air support possible for Ukraine security guarantee

Trump says U.S. air support possible for Ukraine security guarantee

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, seated from background left, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump listen during a meeting in the East Room of the White House on August 18, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said Tuesday (August 19, 2025) that U.S. … Read more

Ukraine drone attack kills one, damages industrial facility in Saratov, Russia says

Ukraine drone attack kills one, damages industrial facility in Saratov, Russia says

Smoke and fire rise from an industrial facility, which, according to the governor of the southern Russian region, was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack, in Saratov, Russia, in this sreengrab obtained from social media video released on August 10, 2025. Social Media via Reuters One person was killed, and several apartments and an industrial … Read more

Russian strikes kill six across Ukraine

Russian strikes kill six across Ukraine

Women stand next to flowers, children’s toys, and portraits placed in memory of victims at the site of a nine-storey residential building destroyed following a recent Russian missile strike in Kyiv, on August 5, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian attacks have killed hundreds of Ukrainian civilians since June. | Photo Credit: AFP … Read more

U.S. deploying nuclear submarines in response to ‘provocative’ Russian comments: Trump

U.S. deploying nuclear submarines in response to ‘provocative’ Russian comments: Trump

President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (August 1, 2025) said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in regions near Russia in response to threats from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “I have ordered two Nuclear … Read more