LONDON: Britain will invest £1.5 billion ($2 billion) in new weapons factories to ramp up defence production capacity, the government said on Saturday, ahead of a major review of its armed forces and military strategy.The Strategic Defence Review, due to be published Monday, will assess the threats facing the UK amid Russia’s ongoing war in…
US President Donald Trump had a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Trump claims that Russia and Ukraine will start ‘true talks’ following this conversation. The call lasted over two hours and five minutes, with both leaders addressing each other by their first names. Trump has informed various…
US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday and announced that Russia and Ukraine would begin immediate negotiations toward a ceasefire. However, the Kremlin said that any agreement would take time, and Trump signalled he was not prepared to join Europe in imposing new sanctions to pressure Moscow. Trump said he…
A Russian drone hit a bus, killing nine people and injuring four more in the region of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, in an attack that took place hours after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct peace talks in years. “This is not just another shelling — it is a cynical war crime,”…
US President Donald Trump said he wasn’t surprised that Russian President Vladimir Putin skipped the highly anticipated peace talks with Ukraine. On Thursday, Trump made it clear that he thinks no progress will be made in the Russia-Ukraine conflict unless he and Putin meet face-to-face. “Look, nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I get…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday as US President Donald Trump told him not to wait for a ceasefire and to accept direct talks right away. Putin made the proposal for a face-to-face meeting in a late-night speech on Saturday. Zelenskyy had reacted…
A series of blasts were heard in Kyiv on Tuesday midnight after Ukraine’s air force issued air raid alerts for the capital, according to report from Reuters. The Ukrainian military confirmed that air defence systems were activated, working to intercept incoming threats. RUSSIA CLAIMS IT SHOT DOWN 51 UKRAINIAN DRONES Russia’s Defence Ministry said its…
The Russian embassy in India on Thursday dismissed the claims made by Ukraine that it attacked Indian pharmaceutical company Kusum calling the news fake. It, in turn, accused the war-torn nation of attacking the warehouse saying “one of Ukrainian air defence missiles fell on Kusum Healthcare’s warehouse setting it on fire.”“In response to the accusations…
Ukraine and the US have made “substantial progress” in their talks on a minerals deal and will sign a memorandum in the future, first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump is seeking a bilateral minerals deal as part of his push to end Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion….
US envoy Steve Whitkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for over four hours of peace talks in St. Petersburg. The US is urging Russia to expedite peace efforts in the Ukraine conflict. Putin expressed openness to peace but insists on addressing the conflict’s root cause. Former US President Donald Trump had previously warned Russia of potential…