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 After months on the sidelines of US-led peace talks, Europe is trying to rise to the challenge of guaranteeing Ukraine’s post-war future in the event of a…
Shorouk Express According to open-source maps of the conflict, Russian forces now control about 80 percent of the Donbas region, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia this week claimed it had — after more than a year of fighting — captured the key city of Pokrovsk, which Ukraine has rejected. Ceding Donbas was one…
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 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…
Shorouk Express Putin said Russia is ready to “show flexibility” regarding the settlement proposal, Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported. Putin said the U.S. proposal is an “upgraded” version of one put forward at the Alaska summit between the Russian and American leaders in August. “But this text has not been discussed with us in…
Shorouk Express This is the moment an 11-year-old girl bravely confronts Vladimir Putin about her uncle injured in the war with Ukraine. The child approached Putin at Russia’s Unity Day service on Tuesday (4 November), telling him how her uncle suffered an injury to the arm that went untreated in hospital before being sent back…
Shorouk Express Healey stressed that the work of the coalition of the willing — allies of Ukraine pledged to offer security in the event of a ceasefire — was being “regularly refreshed so that we can genuinely feel we’re ready at the point of peace, whenever that comes, to step in and help secure that.”…
Shorouk Express Zelensky thanks Britain and France for munitions Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Britain and France for their commitment to helping Kyiv fend off the invading Russian forces. Zelensky wrote on X on Sunday evening: “I want to express my particular gratitude to the United Kingdom and France: there is a decision from France…
Shorouk Express Nato member’s main airport shuts again Nato member Lithuania closed its capital airport late last night and shut both crossings on the border with Belarus after helium weather balloons drifted into the Baltic country’s territory for a second consecutive day. Traffic at Vilnius Airport was suspended until 2am, while the Belarus border will…
Shorouk Express Speaking at a press conference in Sweden on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said he welcomed the efforts, though added that they needed to be discussed further. “There are propositions, like from France, from some Europeans and I think we understand each other and some European countries are really very helpful,” the Ukrainian president said. “It’s…
