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Trump: Ukraine Deal Has Been 'Fine-Tuned'

'I think we're getting very close to a deal,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump announced Tuesday that his administration has made significant progress toward a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, with only "a few remaining points of disagreement" to be resolved. Trump said he has dispatched special envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while...

Ukraine Reportedly Backs a Revised Peace Deal

Zelensky may be headed to the US soon, but there's no word yet from Russia

(Newser) - It looks like a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war is genuinely close—at least on Ukraine's end. CBS News and the BBC report that Ukraine has agreed in principle to a US-brokered peace deal after lengthy talks. The development comes after the US and Ukraine "significantly changed"...

French Army Chief: We Can't Fear 'Losing Our Children'

Gen. Fabien Mandon's blunt warning about possible conflicts sets off a backlash

(Newser) - France's new army chief has sparked a national debate after bluntly warning that the country must be ready to "accept losing our children" in the face of growing military threats, particularly from Russia. Gen. Fabien Mandon made the remarks to mayors from across France, urging them to prepare...

Zelensky Cites a 'Main Problem' in Peace Talks

Trump-backed plan would force Kyiv to cede territory

(Newser) - Talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war are still in progress, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for one, is hopeful . On Monday, however, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that one enormous sticking point remains unsolved—Russia's claim to captured territory in the east. "Putin wants legal recognition to...

Rubio: 'Productive and Meaningful' Ukraine Progress

Trump again rips Ukraine as ungrateful as talks begin

(Newser) - American and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss a new draft of the US proposal to end the war on Ukraine, while President Trump criticized Ukraine and his administration pushed back against charges that it's really Russia's plan. At the talks, Secretary of State Marco...

Zelensky: This Is 'Very Difficult' Moment in Ukraine History

US is pressuring Ukraine to accept its peace plan, but it requires big concessions

(Newser) - The coming week might prove to be the most consequential yet for the Russia-Ukraine war, but how things will shake out remains very much up in the air. Volodomyr Zelensky must decide whether to accept a US-crafted plan to end the war, one that requires major concessions that Ukraine has...

Report: US, Russia Secretly Drafting Ukraine Peace Plan

Sources say Zelensky is being pressured to accept territory loss, reduction in military size

(Newser) - The Trump administration has been secretly collaborating with Russia on a new peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, according to officials from both countries who spoke to Axios . The proposed plan, which consists of 28 points, is said to be inspired by the Gaza peace deal brokered by...

Poland-Russia Relations 'Have Deteriorated Completely'

Warsaw orders closure of Russia's last consulate in wake of railroad sabotage

(Newser) - Poland's foreign minister said Wednesday that he will order the closure of the last Russian consulate still operating in the country after authorities said two Ukrainian citizens working for Moscow are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland. Radek Sikorski said he had repeatedly warned Russia that...

Poland Sees 'Unprecedented Sabotage' in Rail Explosion

Prime minister says saboteurs tried to blow up a train on line near Ukraine

(Newser) - A prime route for sending aid to Ukraine appears to have been targeted in what Poland is calling a deliberate attack. An explosion damaged a key railway line near the Ukrainian border over the weekend, forcing a passenger train to make an emergency stop, reports the Wall Street Journal . Prime...

With Wartime Economy Down, Russia to Hit Up Consumers

Value-added tax, fees are going up to deal with budget deficit

(Newser) - After two years of robust growth fueled by military spending on the war in Ukraine, Russia's economy is slowing. Oil revenues are down, the budget deficit is up, and defense spending has leveled off. The Kremlin needs money to keep its finances steady—and it's clear where President...

How Hurt Soldier Survived Ukraine's 'Vicious New Normal'

Wounded Ukrainian dodges drones, crawls for hours to safety through no-man's-land, reports NYT account

(Newser) - In the drone-dominated no-man's-land of Ukraine's front lines, survival often comes down to luck and adaptation. Ukrainian infantryman Aleksandr's ordeal, detailed in CJ Chivers' piece for the New York Times , began in the pitch-black hours one night in August, when a Russian drone targeted him and his...

Russia Slams Kyiv With Hundreds of Drones, Killing 6

Attack on Ukraine's capital was the biggest in weeks

(Newser) - Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people and leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings. Russia used at least 430 drones and 18 missiles in the nighttime attack, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, per the AP . The aerial assault, which also targeted Odesa...

Russian Robot Strolled Out to Rocky Theme, Fell on Its Face

Nation's first humanoid powered by AI didn't do so hot in its big Moscow debut

(Newser) - Russia's debut of its first AI-powered humanoid robot took an unexpected turn at a Moscow tech event Monday when the machine, named Aldol, toppled over and broke apart moments after its introduction. The incident happened during a showcase featuring the Russian robotics sector, with Aldol entering to the iconic...

Russia Is Keeping a Teen Street Musician Locked Up

Diana Loginova, other Stoptime artists known for singing anti-Kremlin songs in St. Petersburg

(Newser) - A teenage street musician in Russia walked out of prison Monday after serving nearly a month behind bars for the crime of singing banned songs, only to be detained yet again. Diana Loginova, 18, who performs in St. Petersburg with the band Stoptime, has now been sentenced to another 13...

Orban: Trump Exempted Hungary From Sanctions

Prime minister makes announcement after White House meeting

(Newser) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after a visit to the White House on Friday that President Trump has granted his country an exemption from US sanctions on Russian energy. That would keep Russian oil and gas flowing to Hungary, the AP reports. Orban, a longtime Trump ally, had come...

Ukraine Gives Russian Soldier Life for Executing POW

It's the first such conviction since the war began

(Newser) - A Ukrainian court has handed a life sentence to Russian soldier Dmitriy Kurashov for the execution-style killing of a prisoner of war, marking the first conviction of its kind since the conflict began. Kurashov, 27, was found guilty in Zaporizhzhia of shooting a surrendered, unarmed Ukrainian soldier during a January...

Why All Eyes Are on Ukraine's Pokrovsk

Russia has spent more than a year trying to seize the eastern city

(Newser) - Russian forces have been gunning for the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk for a year as part of their campaign to seize control of the Donbas region, and reports indicate they may be "tightening their grip," as the Guardian puts it. NBC News describes the city's front...

Ex-CIA Agent Spills on Russia and China's 'Honeypot' Spies

Operatives allegedly use romance and play the long game to access state secrets, technology

(Newser) - China and Russia are reportedly deploying "sex spies" to the United States in a bid to steal secrets and gain a strategic edge, according to a former CIA operative. Sharing his personal experience with Fox News Digital , J. Michael Waller said he encountered such tactics firsthand while working in...

Putin Responds in Kind to Trump's Nuclear Testing Plans

He seeks 'coordinated proposals on the possible commencement of preparations' for nukes

(Newser) - President Trump last week instructed the Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992, and Russia is responding in kind. Vladimir Putin on Wednesday instructed his officials to prepare proposals geared toward possibly doing the same. Speaking at a televised Security Council meeting in Moscow that...

No Nuclear Explosions During Nuclear Tests: Official

Tests focus on weapons systems, not live detonations, official says

(Newser) - The Trump administration's new round of nuclear testing won't involve actual nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright clarified Sunday. Instead, the tests will focus on "the other parts of a nuclear weapon" to verify their reliability, Wright explained on Fox News, according to the New York Times...

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