Shorouk Express Ukrainian, U.S. and European officials will hold a series of meetings in Berlin, Zelenskyy said. But the exact timing and scope of the talks haven’t been disclosed. Delegations will be meeting on Sunday, followed by a summit on Monday that will include U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German…
Shorouk Express The British government said the European leaders plan to meet in Berlin on Monday, not over the weekend. POLITICO reported earlier that the U.K.’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, was expected to hold talks this weekend with German and French counterparts, the U.S.’s Witkoff and Ukrainian representatives. Merz on Thursday said Germany is…
Shorouk Express Trump says US will attend Ukraine peace talks with Europe but doesn’t want to ‘waste time’ On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Donald Trump’s top envoy and his son-in-law are set for crunch…
Shorouk Express Trump’s virulent attack on European leaders — who he said were “weak” and presiding over “decaying” nations due to mass migration — did not come up during her meetings on Wednesday, which included talks with European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner and Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot, Cooper said. Cooper announced earlier Wednesday…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Sir Keir Starmer will meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday alongside other EU leaders as Ukraine considers next steps after US peace talks. Mr Zelensky…
Shorouk Express Zelensky says next steps for peace talks ‘agreed’ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the “next steps” for talks with the US about post-war Ukraine have been agreed. Zelensky joined his negotiators for a “very substantive and constructive” call with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during the third day of…
Shorouk Express Putin accused of ‘wasting the world’s time’ after Trump’s peace plan stalls Senior Ukrainian and European officials have accused Russia of not pursuing “any kind of peace” and wasting the world’s time. Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the Russian president Vladimir Putin “should end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to…
Shorouk Express Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an interview published Wednesday that conditions for a just peace in Ukraine are unlikely to be met. “The reality is that peace can be good, bad, or some kind of compromise. The reality is also that we Finns must prepare for the moment when peace comes, and…
Shorouk Express Putin’s infamous meeting table Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Kirill Dmitriev and Yuri Ushakov sit round a table. This isn’t the start of a bad joke: it’s what is going on right now in the Kremlin, where top US officials are seeking agreement from Moscow for a peace deal in Ukraine. They…
Shorouk Express Subsequent talks attended by European, Ukrainian and American negotiators yielded an updated 19-point plan. In a post on social platform X, Dmitriev said it was an “important day for peace.” Witkoff traveled to Moscow after taking part in U.S.-Ukraine talks in Florida. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday that Kushner would…
