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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight, officials said Thursday, striking targets including an American-owned electronics plant and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year-old war. The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia’s biggest this year …

Russia’s strikes on U.S. factory show it has no interest in peace, Ukraine says  The Washington Post Russian cruise missiles hit US company in massive Ukraine strike amid Trump’s peace push  Fox News Russia launches biggest wave of strikes on Ukraine for weeks  BBC Russian airstrikes hit a U.S. factory in western Ukraine  NPR Russia carries out its biggest attack in more than a …

Exclusive: Putin’s demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say  Reuters In Eastern Ukraine, Fear and Disbelief Over Proposal to Cede Land to Russia  The Wall Street Journal Why Donetsk ‘fortress belt’ matters so much for Ukraine’s defences against Russia  BBC Putin’s Proposal for Land Deal, Made to Trump, Shifts Pressure to Zelensky  The New York Times Maps …

Donald Trump intends to leave Russia and Ukraine to organize a meeting between their leaders without directly playing a role for now, according to administration officials familiar with the situation, taking a step back from the negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The next stage in Trump’s eyes to end the war in Ukraine remains a bilateral meeting between …

Ukrainians take shelter in a subway station in Kyiv early Thursday as Russia unleashed one of its largest airstrikes of the war. Russia fired more than 600 drones and missiles, according to the Ukraine military. Most targeted western Ukraine, where a U.S. electronics factory was hit. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images …

Rubio Takes on Tricky Task of Drafting Security Guarantees for Ukraine  The New York Times Pentagon says US will play a minimal role in Ukraine’s security guarantee  Politico Zelenskyy urges quick progress on Trump security guarantees before Putin summit  NBC News Security “guarantees” for Ukraine are dangerously hazy  The Economist Trump says US may provide air support to back a Ukraine peace deal  Reuters Source …

As he hosted European leaders in the White House on August 18th, and fresh from a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, Donald Trump declared that peace in Ukraine was at hand—but not quite yet, for it had been trickier than he anticipated. “I thought this was going to be one of the easier ones,” he declared. “They’re very complex.” …

“Moscow won’t agree with collective security guarantees negotiated without Russia … Russia will accept if the security guarantees to Ukraine are provided on equal basis with the participation of countries like China, the United States, the United Kingdom and France,” Lavrov said in a press conference, after meeting the Jordanian foreign minister. Beijing and Moscow having any say in how …

For six months Donald Trump has been calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine. His position abruptly changed after his summit last week with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. The US now supports a final settlement of the war first, which is Russia’s negotiating position. What changed? And where does Trump’s latest flip-flop leave prospects for an end to the fighting? How …

In an exclusive interview on Fox & Friends this morning, President Donald J. Trump provided an inside look at yesterday’s historic White House peace summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European leaders. Detailing his bold diplomacy, President Trump emphasized his unwavering commitment to stopping the bloodshed and securing lasting peace, rallying European allies to lead on security and …