France and UK plan air power-backed ‘reassurance force’ in postwar Ukraine
Proposal sees smaller role for land troops to enforce ceasefire, but would require significant US support
Russia
Trump’s dash for a Ukraine deal is a godsend to Vladimir Putin’s regime
Analysis: Russian economy is under strain but all US demands are aimed at Kyiv
Ukraine should not have ‘started’ war with Russia, Donald Trump says
President dismisses Kyiv’s concerns about being excluded from US-Russia talks held in Riyadh
US sees ‘incredible opportunities’ to work with Russia if its war on Ukraine ends
Kyiv warns against ‘ultimatums’ as US and Russia relaunch contacts with talks in Saudi Arabia
Europe needs big defence players to catch up with US, says Belgian minister
Theo Francken says bloc’s fragmentation and high costs push European governments towards US weapons
‘There’s nothing to go back to’: life drains from Pokrovsk as Russia pounds eastern Ukraine
Even if the US succeeds in its current push to end the fighting in Ukraine, the legacy of Europe’s biggest war since 1945 will affect its people for many years
Trump’s bid to end Ukraine war takes centre stage
Here in Ireland, the government is expected to propose €50m in non-lethal aid for Ukraine
Ordinary Ukrainians are desperate for peace but they won’t accept a dictated settlement
The war’s end was never likely to affirm justice and international law; this will be an ugly peace
‘We will not accept any agreement that is adopted without us’: Ukraine resolute as US and Russia seek to end war without its say
European leaders to hold an emergency summit on Ukraine on Monday in Paris
Alexei Navalny supporters visit grave on first anniversary of his death
Steady queue of people brave freezing temperatures and possible arrest in Moscow
Chinese foreign minister to meet Martin and Harris tomorrow
Wang Yi will travel to Dublin after telling summit European countries must have role in Ukraine talks
Who will stand up to Trump at High Noon?
Trump’s glowering mugshot even hangs outside the Oval, like an Old West 'Wanted: dead or alive' poster
Zelenskiy rejects proposal to give US access to Ukraine’s minerals
Ukrainian president said draft deal failed to protect his country’s interests and offered no specific security guarantees
Europe will not be part of Ukraine-Russia peace talks, Trump envoy says
Keith Kellogg says previous peace talks failed because too many countries involved in process
Golden rule of Munich Security Conference goes out window as Vance lectures on ‘enemy within’
Czech president says European countries cannot be excluded from Ukraine ceasefire talks if they are to take more responsibility for security
European leaders left in stunned silence as JD Vance harangues them over approach to far right
Munich Security Conference had expected to hear Trump’s plans for ending the war in Ukraine
Zelenskiy says peace deal possible only after plan is agreed with US and Europe
US vice-president JD Vance says European leaders ‘running in fear of your own voters’
Russia denies launching drone strike on Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine
No radiation leak as Kyiv says attack shows Kremlin has no desire for peace
Ukrainians question Kremlin’s desire to end war as EU warns against ‘appeasement’
Kyiv says it will reject any Trump-Putin peace deal sealed without its input
‘I want to fire missiles into Russian troops’: the young Ukrainians training as fighter pilots in the UK
As the war grinds on, Nato states are collaborating to train Ukrainian recruits to fly western jets. The RAF gets them first
Keir Starmer suggests UK could send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace warns against US-led ‘appeasement’ of Russia
Trump’s call to Putin ‘not a betrayal’ of Ukraine, says US defence secretary
Lasting peace in Ukraine requires European role in talks, leaders say
European nations must be involved in Ukraine peace talks, leaders say after Trump calls with Putin and Zelenskiy
Nato head says any peace deal in Ukraine must be enduring, any talks must include Kyiv
A neuropsychologist’s view on Donald Trump: We’re seeing the impact of power on the human brain
US president is proving capable of shredding the rules-based world order and replacing it with a gangland ethos in the Putin mould
‘I couldn’t believe it was happening’: Ukraine holds on in Russian border area six months after lightning attack
Occupied territory in Kursk region could be valuable bargaining chip in any Trump-brokered talks
Russia neither confirms nor denies report of Putin and Trump conversation
Donald Trump says he has spoken to Vladimir Putin about ending war in Ukraine
Baltic nations successfully switch to European power grid after severing energy ties to Russia
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stopped purchases of power from Russia after invasion of Ukraine
How a chance meeting in a Norwegian songwriting camp inspired Ireland’s Eurovision entry
Laika Party, the story of the Soviet dog in space, is an unlikely subject for a Eurovision song
Baltic States disconnect from Russia’s power grid as part of plan to link with EU
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cut final link with Russia in move to integrate with EU and boost security
Southerners and northern nationalists dislike Commonwealth more than Nato
North’s Protestants strongly favour membership of the Europe-North America military alliance in event of Irish unity
Russia claims to have taken control of strategic city in eastern Ukraine
North Korean troops believed to have been withdrawn from frontline due to heavy losses
‘The best thing about Ireland is that people will put themselves out of their way to help you’
Irish wasn’t Caoimhe Ní Laighin’s first language growing up, but with the help of good teachers, the presenter made it part of her career
Ukraine receives more F-16s and first Mirage fighter jets from France
Russia says new Ukrainian attacks in Kursk border region repelled
Ukraine and Russia open to talks as Kremlin says contacts with Trump team have ‘intensified’
Kyiv believes Moscow behind deadly blasts at army draft offices around Ukraine
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