The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Arab leaders to meet to counter Trump’s Gaza plan

The closed-door summit in Riyadh will take place on Friday, Saudi Arabia has said.

Al Jazeera · Feb 20, 2025

Don’t mention the war: in Germany, politicians are hiding the truth about defence spending

By centring the discourse on immigration, MPs have handed support to the far right – and hidden a ticking economic timebomb from voters, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2025

Trump’s move to closer ties with Russia does not mean betrayal of Ukraine, yet – in his first term, Trump was pretty tough on Putin

The United States’ steadfast allegiance to Ukraine during that country’s three-year war against Russia appears to be quickly disintegrating under the Trump administration. President Donald Trump on Feb. 19, 2025, called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator” and falsely blamed him for the war that Russia initiated as part of…

The Conversation · Feb 20, 2025

OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: This is when Keir Starmer plans to raise defence spending to 3%

Fewer more pathetic sights have there been than Paris on Monday night. The leaders of Europe’s eight once-great military powers, scrabbling together to meet and look relevant in a world that has left them behind. And what came of it? Only more empty words and disagreement.

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025

Trump Accuses Zelensky Of Treating US Envoy 'Rudely'

The remarks came after Trump branded the Ukrainian president a "dictator" who refuses to hold elections and said the Russians "have the cards" in any negotiation to end the war.

Latin Times · Feb 20, 2025

Donald Trump's barbed attacks on Volodymyr Zelensky 'to boost' Ukrainian president's popularity

The US president has sparked outrage by blaming Ukraine for starting Putin’s war and branding Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘dictator’

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025

Fact-check: Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as Trump claims?

Trump has blamed Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for starting the war with Russia, fuelling a war of words amid talks.

Al Jazeera · Feb 20, 2025

First Thing: Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator in unparalleled relations rift

Attack follows Ukrainian leader’s claim Trump is in a Russian ‘disinformation bubble’. Plus, first Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb uncovered since 1922

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2025

Pressured By Putin And Trump, Walls Close In On Zelensky

Outgunned Ukrainian forces have slowly lost territory to Russian troops over recent weeks.

International Business Times · Feb 20, 2025

In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides

As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world

The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2025