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Cost to send UK peace troops to Ukraine would be well over £100 million – Healey

That cost would cover an entry package including the initial deployment of troops and aircraft.

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025

Trump says he does not think Ukraine can win war against Russia, but adds 'anything is possible'

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his reportedly tense meeting with Trump on Friday was "positive" even though he did not secure the Tomahawk missiles for his military.

Euronews · Oct 20, 2025

Is Trump's Ukraine Deal Dead on Arrival? Kremlin Says 'Russia's Stance Doesn't Change' and Demands Donetsk Surrender

Russia says their position on the surrender of a Ukrainian territory remains the same as the US leader pushes for frontlines to keep the parts they currently control.

International Business Times UK · Oct 20, 2025

Starmer vows to work with allies to ‘cripple Putin’s war machine’

The Prime Minister will work with the ‘coalition of the willing’ to put pressure on ‘tyrant’ Vladimir Putin.

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025

Russia inflicts terror on Ukrainian soil while Trump toys with Zelensky over giving up land

NEWS ANALYSIS: Donald Trump suggests Ukraine should give up Donetsk province or risk being ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin. He is wrong. Russia is making brutal, but only incremental, advances at an immense cost, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025

'No place for war criminals': EU foreign ministers walk fine line on Trump-Putin summit in Budapest

The prospect of the Russian president, who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes, entering EU territory loomed over a meeting of foreign affairs ministers on Monday.

Euronews · Oct 20, 2025

Did pro-Russian supporters fly a Putin hot air balloon in Berlin?

Social media users claim that the alleged stunt was to show support for Russia rather than Ukraine.

Euronews · Oct 20, 2025

Bizarre disagreement continues over Trump-Modi phone call as US threatens India with ‘massive tariffs’

Trump insists he has been promised India will stop importing Russian oil – and vows ‘massive’ tariffs until that happens

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025

Zelenskyy to visit London for talks before expected Trump-Putin summit

Ukrainian president will seek to win security guarantees at ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting before any US-Russia talks

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025

Zelenskyy says he would join Trump-Putin summit in Hungary if invited – as it happened

Ukrainian president criticises choice of Budapest as location for meeting as Trump suggests Kyiv must cede land to end war. This live blog is now closed

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025