Russia made an offer to merge its gas giant Gazprom with Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz, a deal opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said was part of "a plan to destroy Ukraine." Since the election in Feb. of Kremlin ally Viktor Yanukovich, ties with Moscow, including the lease ...
“Ukraine is looking for a long-term, 10-year deal. It’s not beneficial for us. A one-year deal would be OK so we would build up our strength and launch all those streams [Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream],” one Russian source told Reuters. Previous talks have collapsed due to a numb...
Also on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the deal fully meets Ukraine's interests and will enable Ukraine to export 20 million tons of last year's grain harvest and part of this year's harvest. The long-awaited deal was welcome news for the international community as a food...
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis: Ukraine and the European Union have agreed on the final text of a deal on road transport liberalization, the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The agreement, which is ...
The West and the wider world seem to be converging on the idea that a peace deal is coming in the new year, according to our security and defence analyst Michael Clarke.Tuesday 3 December 2024 17:27, UK Ukraine This is a modal window. undefined OK Close Modal Dialog Professor Michael ...
In a pre-signing briefing early Friday, two senior U.N. officials explained the basics of the deal and said one of the first steps after it was signed would be for the U.N. and Turkey to deploy monitors to Ukraine's ports, "to be clear what is protected, and is what is provided ...
Russia said Wednesday that it will resume its participation in the Black Sea grain initiative, a deal with Ukraine to enable vital agricultural exports from the country, saying it had received assurances from Ukraine that it would not use the humanitarian maritime corridor for military purposes. ...
Putin ally offers peace negotiation hint - and signals plan to 'bluff' Trump A key focus of reporting on the war in Ukraine over recent months has been the prospects of a potential peace deal following the election of Donald Trump.
A rapidly expanding cemetery in Russia offers insight into the Wagner Group convicts who are dying in Putin's war For months, Wagner has been locked in a bloody battle of attrition to take the towns of Bakhmut and Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Western and Ukrainian officials ...
At a signing ceremony on Friday in Istanbul, UN secretary-general António Guterres hailed it as a “beacon of hope on the Black Sea”. But withfighting continuing in Ukraineand deep mistrust between the two sides, diplomats warned that upholding the deal would present huge challenges ...