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EU agrees details on 90 billion euro lifeline to Ukraine
The proposal will now be put to the European Parliament. If approved, the cash could arrive by spring.
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Keith Kellogg left Trump's White House for 'freedom to talk' about Ukraine — here's why
Editor's note: This story has been updated with a comment from the White House. Keith Kellogg, formerly U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy on Ukraine and widely regarded in Kyiv as one of the most pro-Ukrainian voices in the White House, said his work on Ukraine is far from over after leaving government at the end of 2025. A highly decorated, retired three-star U.S. Army general stepped down on Dec. 31 and has since joined the America First Policy Institute, a Washington think tank. In an in
Russia claims US 'ignored' offers to extend nuclear arms control agreement as key treaty set to expire
The New START Treaty, signed by Russia and the U.S. in 2010 and set to expire on Feb. 5, 2026, places mutual limits on strategic nuclear warheads and launchers.
Kyiv groans a collective ‘WTF?’ to Trump’s latest Putin comments
U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that his Russian counterpart "kept his word" by not launching mass missile and drone strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure for a week has been met with bewilderment and dismay in Kyiv. "I believe this is either a mockery of our misfortune, a lack of understanding of the situation, or wishful thinking," Volodymyr Ariev, a lawmaker from the opposition European Solidarity party, told the Kyiv Independent. The confusing saga of a supposed truce on stri
Ukraine peace talks with Russia, US to continue in UAE Feb. 5, Zelensky says new POW exchange to come soon
The latest trilateral meeting in the United Arab Emirates took place a day after Russia launched its most massive strike against Ukraine this winter.
Kyiv bureau among those axed by Jeff Bezos' Washington Post, hundreds of journalists laid off
"I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated," Ukraine correspondent Lizzie Johnson wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Ukraine war latest: 7 dead, 8 injured as Russia strikes Donetsk Oblast city market with cluster munitions
Today's Ukraine War Latest live is brought to you by Francis Farrell in Kharkiv and Jared Goyette in Kyiv, both cities where temperatures plunged below -20 degrees Celsius overnight, as Russia's campaign against electricity and heating infrastructure continues. Today's top story so far: Russian forces attacked the city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast with cluster munitions in the morning of Feb. 4, Donetsk Oblast governor Vadym Filashkin reported. Seven people are reported killed and a furthe
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