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The U.S. hailed a new step, stating Ukraine was willing to “give up land”, but a top Eurocrat has called that unacceptable.

During his heated Oval Office press conference on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Donald Trump told the Ukrainian leader he should be grateful because Trump gave him effective weapons to fight back against the Russian invasion, while his “stupid” predecessor Joe Biden and Barack Obama were slow to provide lethal military assistance.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a closed-door meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul on Friday, taking another step toward establishing Turkey as one of Ukraine’s most devoted supporters amid a public feud between Zelensky and President Donald Trump.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s declaration that it’s not realistic for Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders “is just surrender” but “the problem is that I don’t

Rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil left onboard a tanker that ran aground last year in southern Russia, officials said Saturday. The mishap resulted in a devastating oil spill that damaged miles (kilometers) of coastline along the Black Sea.

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday, as oil was detected on the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula’s largest city.

More than 7,500 people, many of them volunteers, raced to rescue wildlife and clean up shorelines blighted by mazut, a heavy, low-quality oil product, according to Russian news reports.

Ukraine´s military said it struck a major oil terminal in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia´s war effort.

Russia, which has occupied Crimea for nearly 11 years and invaded the rest of Ukraine two years ago, on Tuesday demanded Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon less than 24 hours after they began their limited ground incursion.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his government’s support for Ukraine’s “territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence” is “unwavering.”

Russia bragged that the worldwide tech outage did not affect its airlines and banks, thanks to its countermeasures against Western sanctions.

Russia summoned the American ambassador on Monday to protest the alleged use of U.S.-made advanced missiles in a Ukrainian attack on Crimea.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said both Ukraine and the U.S. bore “responsibility for a deliberate missile strike on civilians.”

Ukraine’s military claimed to have hit two Russian Black Sea Fleet warships near Crimea as well as having struck a communications centre in Sevastopol.

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska declined an invitation from the White House to attend President Joe Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) address.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who reportedly died under murky circumstances in a brutal prison camp at the age of 47 on Friday, was a fierce critic of strongman Vladimir Putin and the corruption of the Russian elite.

Russia’s landing ship Caesar Kunikov has been sunk off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s armed forces claimed Wednesday.

Ukraine must be willing to cede some of its territory to Russia for a peace deal, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said.

Russian air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said.

Russian air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said.

The Russian military said a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in annexed Crimea had damaged a Russian ship.

Missile strike that blasted Crimean headquarters of Russia’s navy last week killed 34 officers, including the fleet commander, Ukraine said.

Ukraine on Saturday launched another missile attack on Sevastopol, a Russian official said, a day after an attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters.

Ukraine carried out a fiery missile strike Friday on the main headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a Russian official said.

The UK should keep handing over its stocks, former PM and key Zelensky ally Boris Johnson said, as Ukraine continues to strike Russia’s navy.

Russia said its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea.

During an interview with CNN International Correspondent Paula Newton that was aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “Amanpour,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry said that Russia is doing “almost nothing sufficient…with respect

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first comments on the death of mercenary leader Yevgeny Priogzhin.

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, as President Zelensky denounced a strike on a blood transfusion centre as a “war crime”.

A Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea Saturday blew up an ammunition depot, while the Russians claimed Kyiv deployed cluster bombs in Beglorod.

Lithuania has begun revoking residence permits of Russians deemed to have “disloyal views” such as who is the rightful owner of Crimea.

Russian-controlled officials installed in occupied Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, said Wednesday that a massive fire at a military base in Kirovske forced thousands of people to evacuate and shut down a major highway nearby.

Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia´s mainland was halted on Monday after reports of explosions.

Russian-installed authorities in Crimea reported shooting down a cruise missile and suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge.

The surprising and short-lived mutiny by Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 24 brought new attention to the shadowy mercenary organization, which has been active in Africa and the Middle East for many years.