President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held talks with key European allies about President Trump’s 28-point peace plan for ending the Russia-Ukraine war, as Trump demands a response by Thanksgiving
President Zelensky has vowed to protect Ukraine’s interests while rejecting a US-backed peace plan favoring Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the US plan for resolving the conflict in Ukraine is an updated version of a proposal developed following his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska.
A draft Trump-brokered peace plan offers Russia major concessions and dangles $100 billion in frozen assets, a move experts say is a “carrot” aimed at pushing the US to enforce terms widely seen as capitulation for Ukraine.
The UK government has proposed extending the qualifying period for permanent settlement from five years to between 10 and 20 years, with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood insisting that gaining Indefinite Leave to Remain “must be earned.”
Ukraine has received the remains of 1,000 soldiers from Russia, part of ongoing repatriations amid the conflict.
A massive overnight Russian strike on Ukraine triggered NATO air alerts in Romania and Poland after a drone briefly crossed into Romanian airspace.
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Ukraine’s rapid western shift, booming growth in Lviv, and strengthened European integration are undermining Vladimir Putin’s long-standing efforts to keep the country within Russia’s sphere.
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