Ukraine shoots down 4 Russian missiles in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk oblasts

5:14 PM

US opposed Ukraine's UN resolution to avoid 'antagonizing' Russia, Rubio says.

"We didn't feel it was conducive, frankly, to have something out there at the UN that’s antagonistic to either side," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

4:30 PM

UK plans to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer says.

It is the largest sustained increase in British defense spending since the end of the Cold War.

4:05 PM

France could send nuclear-armed jets to Germany, Telegraph reports.

The proposal comes as the U.S. shifts away from Europe and Ukraine, sending clear signals that the continent won’t be able to rely on Washington for its security in the future.

3:47 PM

Ukraine needs $524 billion for recovery, reconstruction after 3 years of Russia's full-scale war.

The required reconstruction costs are 2.8 times higher than Ukraine's nominal GDP for 2024, according to a new report.

3:07 PM

Opinion

In calling Zelensky a ‘dictator without elections,’ Trump misunderstands democracy

11:59 AM  (Updated:  February 25, 2025 3:03 pm)

European Commission denies EU has offered Ukraine its own proposal on minerals.

The day prior, AFP reported that the EU has offered Ukraine its own deal on the country's natural resources, describing it as "mutually beneficial" and a "win-win partnership."

2:34 PM

Peace Negotiations

In negotiations with Russia, Trump is repeating ‘complete disaster’ peace deal with Taliban

2:26 PM

Opinion

How North Korea’s role in Russia’s war undermines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

2:14 PM

'I was tired' — Serbia's president apologises for accidentally backing Ukraine's UN resolution.

"I apologize to the citizens of Serbia for that, and I take the blame for that because I was probably tired and overwhelmed," Aleksandar Vucic said.

2:11 PM

Opinion

Peace in Ukraine must look like Korea, not Vichy

2:01 PM

Russia will not be readmitted to G7, German finance minister says, rebuffing Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 13 that he would "love" to see Russia readmitted into the G7, calling Russia's 2014 expulsion from the group a "mistake."

1:26 PM

Ukraine passes resolution on elections when there is 'sustainable peace' at 2nd attempt.

The decision was supported by 268 members of parliament, while 12 others abstained.

1:07 PM

Second round of Saudi Arabia talks with US not happening today, Russia says.

The first round of talks on Feb. 18 in Saudi Arabia marked the first direct negotiations between the U.S. and Russia since Moscow's full-scale invasion began.

12:20 PM

G7 still discussing joint statement on Russia's full-scale invasion due to disagreement with US.

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly's statement comes after the U.S. voted against the U.N. resolution, which condemns Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb. 24.

12:06 PM

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 2, injure 36 over past day.

The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian cities and villages with drones, missiles, glide bombs, and artillery.

2:36 PM  (Updated:  February 25, 2025 10:35 am)

Updated: Boris Johnson backs Trump's deal on Ukraine's natural resources.

"The deal should be signed," Boris Johnson said, speaking at the YES conference event held in Kyiv by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation on Feb. 24, the third anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion. "It commits the U.S. to a free and sovereign Ukraine. A continued American support is well worth the price for Ukraine."

10:15 AM

US, Ukraine close to signing deal on minerals worth 'hundreds of billions of dollars,' Axios reports.

According to the draft obtained by Axios, the U.S. would express its desire to keep Ukraine "free, sovereign and secure."

8:20 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 869,530 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,300 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

6:21 AM

Reclaiming occupied territories possible but 'not easy' for Ukraine, Trump claims.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 24 that he believes Ukraine might be able to reclaim some of its territories occupied by Russia, but it would be challenging.

4:41 AM

Russia's Ryazan oil refinery halts operations following drone strike, Reuters reports.

Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery suspended operations after a Ukrainian drone attack set its main crude distillation unit, CDU-6, on fire, Reuters reported on Feb. 24.

3:16 AM

2 killed, 6 injured in Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast.

Two people were killed, and six have been injured in Russian aerial attacks on Sumy Oblast on Feb. 24.

2:15 AM

'Peace must not mean a surrender of Ukraine,' Macron says following Trump visit.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Feb. 24 called for a long-lasting peace in Ukraine that would not mean a "surrender of Ukraine."

12:57 AM

Ukraine, Russia reach a deal to evacuate Kursk Oblast residents, Russian official claims.

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to evacuate residents of Kursk Oblast through Belarus to other regions of the country, a Russian official claimed on Feb. 24.

11:54 PM

Trump refuses to label Putin a dictator.

"I don't use those words lightly... I think we're going to see how it all works out," U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 24 when asked if he would call Vladimir Putin a dictator the same way he labeled President Volodymyr Zelensky.

11:30 PM

'Nobody can demand anything from Russia' — Putin talks about renewed US-Russia contacts, rare earth metals.

The Kremlin leader said Russia has significantly larger reserves of rare earth metals than Ukraine and is open to working with foreign partners on developing rare earth deposits, including in the occupied parts of Ukraine, which Putin called "newly controlled regions."