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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held calls on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian counterparts, the Russian foreign ministry said, hours after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents yielded no deal on ending the war in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump, who hosted President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for bilateral talks aimed at ending the war that Russia launched with a full-scale invasion on Ukraine in early 2022, said that Kyiv should make a deal with Moscow because "Russia is a very big power,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing protests and EU criticism for the first time since Russia invaded, over changes to national anti-corruption agencies.
As the United States sharpens its economic tools to counter Russia’s war in Ukraine, a recent proposal by Senator Lindsey Graham to impose sweeping secondary tariffs on countries importing Russian energy has raised concerns not only in Moscow,
Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of talks in Istanbul, on May 16 and June 2, that led to the exchange of thousands of prisoners of war and the remains of dead soldiers.
US envoy Witkoff said Russia made "some concessions" during the Alaska summit. Zelenskyy, who is to be accompanied by a group of European leaders, is more skeptical of Moscow's intentions. Follow DW for more.
NATO allies Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey should expand a joint task force that clears mines floating in the Black Sea to include patrols to protect energy facilities and trade routes from potential Russian attack,