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Pictures of the year 2025: Powerful images that defined the past 12 months

The Standard reveals its selection of the best photographs from a momentous year

Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump warns of ‘thorny issues’ after crunch peace deal talks with Zelensky

President Trump claimed ‘a lot of progress had been made’ in negotiations at Mar-a-Lago in Florida

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv hits Russian oil refinery with British Storm Shadow missiles

Ukrainian military says ‘numerous explosions’ at Novoshakhtinsk refinery; Zelenskyy says ‘very good’ talks held with Trump envoys. What we know on day 1,402

The Guardian - AU · Dec 26, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv claims successful Storm Shadow strike on major Russian oil refinery

Britain gave Ukraine permission last year to use its Storm Shadow missiles against targets inside Russia

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2025

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy open to creating demilitarised zone in country’s east

The proposal pushes Washington and Kyiv closer to a jointly agreed formula to end the war. What we know on day 1,401

The Guardian - AU · Dec 25, 2025

Zelensky open to withdrawing troops for demilitarised zone in Ukraine in new peace plan

President stresses most sensitive issues of 20-point peace plan require meeting with leaders despite progress in talks

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025

Zelensky Challenges Putin With US-Backed 20-Point Peace Plan As Proposal Reaches Moscow

The next move now lies with Putin, whose response will show whether the proposal can gain traction or fade amid continued fighting.

International Business Times · Dec 24, 2025

US and Ukraine edge closer to joint plan to end war – with Moscow’s response uncertain

Ukraine accepts principle of demilitarised zone in east, while insisting Russia make similar concessions in pulling back forces

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025

Ending Ukraine war: Full details of 20-point plan unveiled by Zelensky to stop the bloodshed

Ukraine’s president raised the prospect of his country’s soldiers being withdrawn from territory they currently hold in the east to create a demilitarised or free economic zone

Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025

Ukraine’s best hope may lie elsewhere as Russia inches forward on the battlefield

While it struggles to hold up land advance, Kyiv eyes economic and political fronts to turn around fortunes

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025