KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The terms of Russia’s pledge to U.S. President Donald Trump to temporarily halt bombing Ukraine during one of the country’s bleakest winters in years remained unclear Friday as Ukrainians braced for even worse conditions next week. Trump said late Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary pause in … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Olena Janchuk spends another day of frozen isolation in her high-rise apartment. The former kindergarten teacher suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis and has been stuck for weeks on the 19th floor of her apartment building in Kiev, 650 feet above the ground. Long daily outages caused by Russian bombing of power … Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin stressed Friday that Moscow’s troops are advancing on the battlefield in Ukraine and expressed confidence that the Kremlin will achieve its military goals if Kiev does not agree to Russia’s terms in peace talks. Speaking at the tightly orchestrated annual news conference, which lasted about 4 1/2 hours, Putin … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Moscow would try to extend its gains in Ukraine if Kiev and its Western allies reject the Kremlin’s demands in peace talks. US President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping diplomatic effort to end nearly four years of fighting after Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, … Read more