Russia-Ukraine war

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Trump, Zelensky Emerge From Meeting Sounding Optimistic

But security guarantees, Donbas status, and Russian buy-in still unresolved

(Newser) - US President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, emerged from a high-profile meeting in Florida Sunday sounding cautiously upbeat about a possible path to end Russia's war in Ukraine, while acknowledging that the hardest issues are still unresolved and Russia has not signed on. Speaking alongside the Ukrainian...

Trump Speaks With Putin as Zelensky Arrives

Ukraine receives encouragement from allies before peace talks in Florida

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Florida for peace talks, scheduled to begin at 1pm, with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Setting the stage:
  • Putin call: Trump posted Sunday that he'd spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Zelensky, per the Hill . In a post
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Russia POWs Don't Return Home as Heroes

Returned soldiers reportedly face interrogation, punishment

(Newser) - A battlefield choice that once meant life over death is, for many Russian soldiers, turning into a different kind of sentence back home. The Wall Street Journal reports that Russian POWs who return from Ukrainian captivity are often met not with gratitude, but with suspicion, extensive FSB questioning, and in...

'Massive Strike' on Kyiv: 'His Scream Is Still in My Ears'

One person dead, at least 27 hurt after Russia attacks Ukraine's capital with missiles, drones

(Newser) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones early Saturday morning, killing one person and wounding 27 others, a day before talks between Ukraine and the United States, local authorities said. Explosions boomed across Kyiv for hours as ballistic missiles and drones hit the city. The attack began in...

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Zelensky Is Headed to Mar-a-Lago

'A lot can be decided before the new year,' says Ukraine leader before expected Trump meeting

(Newser) - Ukraine's leader says he's about to sit down with President Trump again as talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war intensify. "We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level—with President Trump in the near future," wrote Volodymyr Zelensky on social media. "A lot...

Zelensky Proposes Making Parts of Donetsk a DMZ

Proposal ties Ukrainian withdrawal to equal Russian pullback, international oversight

(Newser) - Ukraine said Tuesday it's ready to pull troops back from parts of the eastern front—if Russia does the same. President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined a revised 20-point peace plan that, for the first time, openly floats turning parts of the Donetsk region still held by Kyiv into a demilitarized...

Ukraine's Dancing With the Stars Returns—With War Heroes

Special Christmas episode features veteran who lost her leg in combat, now uses prosthetic limb

(Newser) - Before the war, Ukraine's own Dancing With the Stars was a cherished and popular television show, dazzling the audiences with performances by celebrities and professional dancers. The show is now back on for one special episode—this time with Ukrainian wartime heroes as the stars, underscoring the nation's...

Reindeer Herders on Record Wolf Attacks: Blame Russia

Finnish herders say war effort is turning hunters into soldiers, allowing wolf population to surge

(Newser) - Reindeer are turning up dead in northern Finland, and one longtime herder thinks the trail leads all the way to the battlefields of Ukraine. In Kuusamo, near the Russian border, fourth-generation herder and tourism operator Juha Kujala says he now finds carcasses almost every day, mostly females that are vital...

Finland Hikes Military Reserve Age to 65 Amid Russia Fears

Move responds to Russian threat, aims for 1 million reservists by 2031

(Newser) - Finland just gave "citizen-soldier" a much longer shelf life. A new law signed on Monday keeps most military reservists on the books until age 65, a sharp jump from the current limits of 50 for enlisted men and 60 for officers and noncommissioned officers, per the Kyiv Post . The...

Russian General Killed in Moscow Car Bomb

Ukraine suspected in blast that killed head of army operational training

(Newser) - A senior Russian general was killed in a car bombing in Moscow early Monday in what investigators suggest may have been a targeted assassination linked to the war in Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who oversaw army operational training for Russia's General Staff, died after an explosive device detonated...

Putin Doubles Down on Ukraine Demands

In year-end news conference, he says Russia will achieve goals through talks or through force

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin used his year-end press conference and call-in show to say that Russia is "ready and willing" to end its war in Ukraine peacefully, as long as all Moscow's demands are met. Putin said Russia doesn't "really see such readiness" from Ukraine for...

Ukraine: 'Sub Sea Baby' Pulls Off a Big First on Russian Sub

Kyiv says underwater drone strike crippled vessel in Black Sea; Russia denies any damage was done

(Newser) - Ukraine says a new kind of drone has just taken its war at sea below the surface. On Monday, Ukraine's domestic intelligence service claimed the nation's underwater drones critically damaged a Russian Kilo-class submarine docked near Novorossiysk, calling it the first publicly acknowledged strike by its unmanned submersible...

US Offers Ukraine NATO-Like Guarantee

'We still have different positions' on turning over territory, Zelensky says

(Newser) - US negotiators said Monday they offered a NATO-style promise to shield Ukraine—without saying exactly how far it would go if Russia attacks again. American officials in Berlin for the talks said they presented Ukraine with a package of security guarantees meant to underpin a future peace deal with Russia,...

Ukraine's Birth Rate Hits Crisis Levels as War Drags On

Millions have fled, life expectancy has dropped, and deaths outpace births amid Russian invasion

(Newser) - Ukraine is facing a dramatic population crisis, with birth rates plummeting and millions fleeing the country amid the ongoing war. The hospital in small town Hoshcha has near-empty maternity ward that underscores the severity of the crisis, with just 139 births recorded so far this year—a sharp decline from...

As US Talks Begin, Zelensky Agrees to Drop NATO Bid

Security guarantees would have to be part of the deal, Ukraine's president says

(Newser) - Heading into peace talks in Berlin on Sunday, Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky said his country is prepared to drop its long-standing bid to join NATO in return for firm security guarantees from the US and key allies. Bilateral guarantees from the US—modeled on NATO's mutual defense clause—along with...

Zelensky Just Showed Up Putin With a Selfie

Ukrainian president's pic from Kupiansk counters Russia's claims that it controls the city

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Ukrainian forces in Kupiansk were encircled. Volodymyr Zelensky responded by traveling to the Ukrainian city and posting a selfie, reports Mediaite . The Kremlin has for weeks asserted that Russian troops retook the northeastern city near the Russian border, inviting foreign journalists to see what...

Trump: Zelensky 'Has to Be Realistic' About Peace Terms

Trump says he met with European leaders to discuss proposals to end the war

(Newser) - US President Trump said he and European leaders discussed proposals to end the war in Ukraine in "pretty strong terms" Wednesday, adding that President Volodymyr Zelensky "has to be realistic" about his country's position on a peace plan, the AP reports. As tension builds around a US...

This Alleged Ukrainian Attack Is Different

Kyiv's sea drones reportedly hit sanctioned tankers outside of Russian waters

(Newser) - Ukraine's war is increasingly being waged far from its own shores—this time against the tankers that keep Russian oil flowing. CBS News reports that Ukrainian security service sources say Kyiv used "Sea Baby" naval drones to hit at least two sanctioned crude carriers, Kairos and Virat, in...

In a Major Shift, Zelensky Says Ukraine Can Hold Elections

Says vote under martial law can take place, maybe within 3 months if US/EU security is provided

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's willing to hold elections even as his country remains under attack from Russia—but only if the US and Europe step up with concrete security guarantees. His comments on Tuesday represent a sharp shift from his long-standing position that elections are impossible under...

Lithuania Declares Emergency Over Balloons From Belarus

Move comes as Europe is increasingly concerned about intrusions into NATO airspace

(Newser) - Lithuania's government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its airspace in recent weeks, while the Belarusian leader called for negotiations on border tensions and said his country "does not need war." The balloons...

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