Tag: Ukraine

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White House downplays prospects for Friday’s Alaska summit, calling the meeting with Putin ‘a listening exercise’ for Trump

Jamie McIntyre · August 13, 2025 7:26 am

Zelensky touts Erdogan’s support for Ukraine’s presence in peace negotiations

Washington Examiner Staff · August 13, 2025 5:34 am

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, a "Grad" self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher fires toward Ukrainian position in the Russian-Ukrainian border area in the Kursk region, Russia.

Russia makes battlefield advances as Putin looks to strengthen hand ahead of Trump meeting

Mike Brest · August 12, 2025 5:29 pm

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Trump laying the groundwork to blame Zelensky for Putin’s intransigence, and walk away from peace process

Jamie McIntyre · August 12, 2025 7:38 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Zelensky warns Putin is preparing for more war, not peace, ahead of Trump meeting

Christopher Tremoglie · August 12, 2025 5:15 am

Russia breaks through main Ukrainian defensive line ahead of Alaska meeting with Trump

Brady Knox · August 11, 2025 7:42 pm

Trump says ‘next meeting’ after Putin summit will involve Zelensky

Timothy Nerozzi · August 11, 2025 2:30 pm

Trump’s Russia sanction deadline comes and goes with a whimper

Mike Brest · August 11, 2025 2:23 pm

This combination of photos shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, in Moscow on May 9, 2025, and President Donald Trump in Washington on Aug. 1.

European leaders wary that Trump-Putin summit could end with land concessions

Timothy Nerozzi · August 11, 2025 12:34 pm

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As winds of war shift in Ukraine, Zelensky feels the cold draft of isolation

Jamie McIntyre · August 11, 2025 7:39 am

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Trump can’t prostrate before Putin

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2025 5:00 am

Russia bombs apartment buildings, university in Ukraine, injuring 12

Zach LaChance · August 10, 2025 5:26 pm