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Ukraine and Russia Return to the Negotiating Table

2-days talks are being held in Abu Dhabi

(Newser) - Peace talks are back on in the UAE, even as the war they're meant to resolve grinds on. US, Ukrainian, and Russian delegations began a new round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, the second trilateral meeting in as many months aimed at ending Russia's full-scale invasion,...

Russia Rains Down Missiles, Drones on Shivering Ukraine

Record number of ballistic missiles target Ukraine's power grid amid frigid winter

(Newser) - Russia fired around 450 long-range drones and 70 missiles of various types at Ukraine in a major attack overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. Ukraine's air force says it intercepted just 38 of those missiles, per the BBC . The bombardment of at least five regions of Ukraine...

Casualties in Ukraine War Approach Staggering Milestone

Analysts say number of killed, wounded, or missing is almost 2M

(Newser) - A new analysis suggests the human cost of the war in Ukraine is approaching a staggering milestone. A forthcoming report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates that by this spring, Russian and Ukrainian troops killed, wounded, or missing will near 2 million. The think tank puts Russian...

Trump Impeachment Witness Is Running for Senate

Democrat Alex Vindman challenges GOP Sen. Ashley Moody, says she's in billionaires' pocket

(Newser) - Alex Vindman is testing whether his fame from the first Trump impeachment can translate into a Senate seat in increasingly red Florida. The retired Army lieutenant colonel and former National Security Council official launched a Democratic bid Tuesday for the seat now held by Republican Sen. Ashley Moody, an appointee...

Putin Holds Marathon Talks With Trump Envoys

Kremlin says 'territorial issue' in Ukraine still needs to be resolved

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the settlement in Ukraine with President Trump's envoys during marathon overnight talks, and the Kremlin insisted that the territorial issue needs to be resolved to reach a peace deal. The Kremlin meeting, which lasted past 3am Friday, came hours after Ukraine's President Volodymyr...

Putin: I'll Join Trump's Board of Peace—on One Condition

Moscow links potential $1B in Gaza aid to the US unfreezing Russian assets

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's ready to put money into President Trump's new Gaza reconstruction effort—if Washington first hands back Russian funds that are locked down. In a Kremlin meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, Putin said Moscow could channel $1 billion into...

Woman Accused of Luring Recruits to Russia's Front Lines

Foreign students, laborers allege deception, threats at the hands of Polina Azarnykh, per BBC probe

(Newser) - A construction worker's passport going up in flames has become a symbol of one woman's apparent mission to funnel foreign men into Russia's war in Ukraine and leave them stuck there. Per a BBC investigation, "Omar," a 26-year-old Syrian who spoke under a pseudonym, says...

EU's Top Diplomat: The World Sucks, Start Drinking

Kaja Kallas' joke about throwing one back comes amid wars, protests, Iran sanctions push

(Newser) - Europe's top diplomat appears to be feeling the strain of global crises—enough to joke that now might be the moment to take up drinking. Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief and former Estonian prime minister, reportedly told senior members of the European Parliament in a closed-door...

The Obstacle to Peace in Ukraine? Not Putin, Trump Says

Kremlin backs the view that Zelensky is the hurdle, which reportedly runs counter to US intel agencies

(Newser) - Blame for the stalled Ukraine peace talks, President Trump says, lies in Kyiv—not Moscow. In an Oval Office interview with Reuters , Trump asserted that Vladimir Putin is "ready to make a deal" to end Russia's nearly four-year invasion, and that it is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who...

Kyiv Mayor Tells Residents to Leave Due to Heat Issues

Meanwhile, Russia launched its new ballistic missile at capital, killing at least 4

(Newser) - Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people in the capital. The intense barrage and launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile came days after Ukraine and its allies reported major progress toward agreeing on...

Ukraine's AI-Driven Drones: 'Think We Created the Monster'

Semi-autonomous devices can fly, hunt, and attack Russians with little human control

(Newser) - A war that helped turn hobby drones into flying bombs is now doing the same for AI-guided killers. On Ukraine's 800-mile front, both Kyiv and Moscow are fielding drones that can increasingly fly, hunt, and strike with little human control, sometimes completing the final lethal seconds of an attack...

CIA: Ukraine Did Not Direct Drones to Putin's Home

US reported assessment undercuts Putin claim, bolsters Ukraine's denial

(Newser) - US intelligence has found there's no truth to Russia's Monday claim that Ukraine tried—and failed—to hit Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia with a swarm of drones, according to US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times . The Journal's source...

Russia's Powerful New Missiles Now Stationed in Belarus

Oreshnik system can deliver nukes

(Newser) - As the Russia-Ukraine peace talks continue, Vladimir Putin is flexing. Russia and Belarus unveiled images and video of Moscow's powerful new Oreshnik missile systems being set up at undisclosed locations in Belarus' forests, reports Reuters . The missiles are capable of carrying nuclear warheads, and Putin has boasted that they...

Russia Claims Ukraine Targeted Putin Residence

Trump says he is 'very angry,' though Zelensky says it's just 'another round of lies'

(Newser) - Russia said Monday that Ukraine tried—and failed—to hit Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia with a swarm of drones, a claim Kyiv calls fiction aimed at sabotaging fragile peace talks. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said 91 long-range drones targeted Putin's residence in Russia's Novgorod region,...

Trump Offers Ukraine 15-Year Security Guarantee

Zelensky is pushing for up to 50 years

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says President Trump has offered a security pledge that would last for 15 years, but Ukraine is pushing for longer. On Monday, the day after a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort , Zelensky said Trump proposed US-backed security guarantees for 15 years after the war ends,...

Trump, Zelensky Emerge From Meeting Sounding Optimistic

But security guarantees, Donbas status, and Russian buy-in still unresolved

(Newser) - US President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, emerged from a high-profile meeting in Florida Sunday sounding cautiously upbeat about a possible path to end Russia's war in Ukraine, while acknowledging that the hardest issues are still unresolved and Russia has not signed on. Speaking alongside the Ukrainian...

'Massive Strike' on Kyiv: 'His Scream Is Still in My Ears'

One person dead, at least 27 hurt after Russia attacks Ukraine's capital with missiles, drones

(Newser) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones early Saturday morning, killing one person and wounding 27 others, a day before talks between Ukraine and the United States, local authorities said. Explosions boomed across Kyiv for hours as ballistic missiles and drones hit the city. The attack began in...

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Zelensky Is Headed to Mar-a-Lago

'A lot can be decided before the new year,' says Ukraine leader before expected Trump meeting

(Newser) - Ukraine's leader says he's about to sit down with President Trump again as talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war intensify. "We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level—with President Trump in the near future," wrote Volodymyr Zelensky on social media. "A lot...

Ukraine's Dancing With the Stars Returns—With War Heroes

Special Christmas episode features veteran who lost her leg in combat, now uses prosthetic limb

(Newser) - Before the war, Ukraine's own Dancing With the Stars was a cherished and popular television show, dazzling the audiences with performances by celebrities and professional dancers. The show is now back on for one special episode—this time with Ukrainian wartime heroes as the stars, underscoring the nation's...

Russian General Killed in Moscow Car Bomb

Ukraine suspected in blast that killed head of army operational training

(Newser) - A senior Russian general was killed in a car bombing in Moscow early Monday in what investigators suggest may have been a targeted assassination linked to the war in Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who oversaw army operational training for Russia's General Staff, died after an explosive device detonated...

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