Although Trump and Zelensky's relationship has improved since the minerals deal, the Russia-Ukraine war has been overshadowed by conflict in the Middle East.

Officials organising a Nato summit in The Hague this month are expected to keep it short, restrict discussion of Ukraine, and choreograph meetings so that Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faces an increasingly dire situation as peace talks with Russia have stalled out and U.S. aid may soon end.

President Donald Trump started the G7 summit in Canada on a combative note by blasting the removal of Russia from the G8 as a “big mistake” and jabbing at his host’s former prime minister. “The G7 used to be the G8.

Just as Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II worked to defeat the USSR, Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV can confront Putin’s Russia.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Martha Raddatz Ukraine is ready for a ceasefire brokered by the U.S., accusing Vladimir Putin of aiming for the "total defeat" of Ukraine.

Mr Trump took Ukraine’s Nato membership off the table, granting Moscow one of its main demands. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Anthony Albanese will face ­extreme pressure to ramp up ­Australia’s defence spending following Donald Trump’s decision to cancel their long-awaited meeting in Canada shortly after delivering British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tariff exemptions and ­assurances on the future of the $368bn AUKUS deal.

Ukrainian forces were gradually pushing Russian forces out of the border Sumy region, where Moscow was able to establish a foothold in recent weeks, the war-hit country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin warned him Wednesday that he would seek revenge for Ukraine's stunning drone attack on Moscow's bomber fleet, adding that the Russian leader was not ready for any "immediate peace.