US President Donald Trump said he exchanged “pretty strong words” Wednesday with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Ukraine, in the latest sign of a growing rift on how to end Russia’s invasion.
Leaders of Ukraine’s allies will hold a new video call on Thursday, France said, as US President Donald Trump keeps pressure on Kyiv to accept a deal ending Russia’s nearly four-year war.
Rwanda accused the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi on Wednesday of deliberately violating a ceasefire in eastern DRC, days after the signing of a peace agreement in Washington.
The Kremlin on Wednesday said US President Donald Trump’s latest statements on Ukraine — in which he said Moscow is bound to win the almost four-year war and that Kyiv will have to cede land — fall in line with Russia’s view.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he was ready to hold new elections in Ukraine provided security could be assured, and that he expected to send Washington within a day revised proposals on ending the nearly four-year war with Russia.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Tuesday denounced what she called tampering with results in the recent general election, and accused US counterpart Donald Trump of interfering in the vote.
A Hamas official said Tuesday that the Gaza ceasefire cannot proceed to its second phase as long as Israeli “violations” persist, calling on mediators to pressure Israel to respect the deal.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that parts of the new US national security strategy unveiled last week were “unacceptable to us from a European perspective.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump in the United States on December 29, a spokeswoman for the premier’s office said on Tuesday.
South Korea said it had sent up fighter jets on Tuesday after seven Russian and two Chinese military aircraft entered its air defense zone.
