Editor’s note: The story is being updated. Ukraine has brought home another group of prisoners of war released from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 20, following another prisoner exchange a day earlier. “Most of the warriors returning today from Russian captivity had been held for over two years. And now, at last, […]
Editor’s note: The story is being updated. Ukraine has brought home a group of soldiers released from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on June 19, marking yet another in a recent series of exchanges with Moscow. “These are soldiers of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service. Most of […]
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More than a month after Ukraine signed a landmark agreement granting the United States a stake in its mineral reserves, Kyiv has approved initial steps to open one of its largest lithium deposits to private investors, the New York Times (NYT) reported, citing two government officials. On June 16, the Ukrainian government agreed to begin […]
Editor’s note: This item has been updated to include Defense Minister Rustem Umerov’s statement. Ukraine has received the bodies of another 1,245 fallen Ukrainian soldiers and citizens under agreements reached during recent peace negotiations in Istanbul, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs) announced on June 16. The latest repatriation marks […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday said Israel and Iran sometimes ‘have to fight it out’ while expressing optimism that a deal can be struck as both countries continue to trade airstrikes amid fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East. Trump was getting ready to board Air Force One to depart for Canada to […]
President Donald Trump promised that Israel’s next round of attacks on Iran would be “even more brutal” in a Truth Social post pressuring Iran to cut a deal on its nuclear activity. “There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks […]
Editor’s note: The story is being updated. Ukraine has brought home another group of service members from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on June 12, saying the latest exchange focused on “severely wounded and seriously ill warriors.” The prisoners of war (POWs) were released as part of a prisoner exchange with Russia agreed upon […]
Key developments on June 10: In one of largest attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Russian barrage hits Kyiv, Odesa, kills 3, injures 12 Ukraine, Russia conduct second prisoner swap under Istanbul deal Russia significantly improved North Korea’s shoddy KN-23 ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s Budanov says EU unveils 18th package of sanctions against Russia, targeting energy, banking, oil […]
Ukraine’s parliament approved key amendments to the Budget Code on June 4 to implement the landmark minerals agreement with the United States, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak announced. The legislation, supported by 309 members of parliament, enshrines financial provisions critical to executing the U.S.-Ukraine deal signed on April 30 and ratified by Kyiv on May 8. The […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping is “very tough” and “extremely hard to make a deal with,” President Donald Trump admitted Wednesday. Trump made the statement on his Truth Social platform, clarifying that he still “likes” the Chinese leader. The statement comes as Trump is expected to hold a phone call with Xi sometime this week to […]
In what is now a semi-regular occurrence, the workings of U.S.-led global diplomacy has cast a dark shadow over Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on May 19 in the latest attempt to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine. The call came just days after a U.S.-backed but largely inconclusive […]