The president made the comment in an interview with ABC News two days after U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff praised Vladimir Putin as "a humanitarian." Hours later, Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles and cluster munitions.
US First Lady Melania Trump announced a localized ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky to enable humanitarian deliveries and civilian evacuations. The initiative builds on her earlier efforts to reunite Ukrainian children separated from their families during Russia’s war.
First Lady Melania Trump has brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to help the predominantly elderly population of the Ukrainian city of Oleshky
Speaking at the Hudson Institute on Friday, Oct. 23, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Starlink and Starshield restrictions remain in place, despite US President Donald Trump’s earlier claims that service was restored. Zelensky also said that agreed deliveries of interceptor missiles, used to deter Russian ballistic missiles, remain delayed.
Trilateral meetings with Russia and the US are still expected to be held in the first half of November, Zelensky said, following reports from senior US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
President Trump says it was First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative that led to a ceasefire in Oleshky.
Eleven charts illustrate the support the United States has provided Ukraine since Russia’s invasion—and how that support has changed since Trump took office.
A ship called the Agioi Fanendes, which had just left Russia's Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, was carrying 40,000 metric tons to New York and had been traveling westwards through the Baltic Sea ever since.
The peace discussions will begin at the technical level with negotiation teams, Zelensky said. If those efforts prove productive, then meetings between Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and U.S. President Donald Trump will be held.
The move comes amid increased attention to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the city, which over the past weeks has gained international attention, including from Pope Leo XIV.
European and international media criticize Donald Trump’s Ukraine mediation efforts, warning that his envoy Steve Witkoff’s praise of Vladimir Putin undermines diplomatic credibility. Commentators argue that Moscow is exploiting US eagerness for a peace deal to buy time, weaken Ukraine and divide Western allies. They stress that Ukraine will resist surrender, while doubts grow over Trump’s motives, security guarantees and prospects for lasting peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump may be considering further sanctions relief for Russia following his recent diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, several Ukrainian and U.S. officials familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent.The potential move would fit an approach in which the Trump administration offers
Kyiv Independent journalists Jimmy Rushton and Danylo Mokryk argue that Donald Trump’s pressure on Kyiv is backfiring — strengthening support for Volodymyr Zelensky while undermining trust in the United States.
No confirmation from Russia or Ukraine as White House says 'localised' ceasefire to take effect in Oleshky.
Ukraine to team up with Finnish firms as Starshield problems, started amid Trump-Zelenskyy jibes, continue.
Ukraine’s defense ministry says satellite connectivity losses at speeds of 161 kph are still in place, despite US President Donald Trump’s claim that SpaceX owner Elon Musk restored the service. SpaceX and the White House have blamed one another for the restrictions, which followed the US diesel deal with Russia, as Washington pressured Kyiv to halt strikes on Russian refineries without securing a bilateral ceasefire on Ukraine’s energy grid.
Trump waived most new Russia sanctions from the Graham Act, drawing sharp Republican criticism over whether Vladimir Putin believes the threats.
Eleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, there is still nobody in Washington who wants to take responsibility, while Trump administration officials continue pointing fingers firmly at SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 23 that U.S. President Donald Trump had
The vast majority of Americans has no sympathy for Russia
The release of Stephen Hubbard is now being used by Trump as a diplomatic trophy to justify the isolation and abandonment of Ukraine for an American realignment with Putin’s Russia.
Trump has declined to comment on the process that led Starlink to lift speed and access restrictions on Ukraine.
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A key focus of the latest proposed sanctions listings is Russia's oil processing, refining, and exporting capacity, with 31 listings spanning the breadth of Russia, from St. Petersburg to Sakhalin.
Zelensky said Trump has the leverage to bring Putin to negotiations but has not used it. He warned that surrendering Sloviansk and Kramatorsk could expose more Ukrainian territory to Russian advances and undermine security guarantees.
Before that, US officials had cut Kyiv off from US intelligence and lowered a speed cap on Starlink to pressure Ukraine.
Opinion: Trump is forcing Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to bite the bullet for now, in the desperate hope that something may force a U-turn in Washington's warmth towards Putin
The US president inherited Russia’s war on Ukraine, but he will own the consequences of how it ends. The post Trump will define his legacy through Russia—one way or the other appeared first on Atlantic Council.
Donald Trump offered a qualified response when asked whether he agreed with envoy Steve Witkoff’s description of Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian.” He suggested the term could apply to the release of American detainee Stephen Hubbard but declined to give a broader assessment. Republican lawmakers condemned Witkoff’s praise, while criticism of the administration’s wider Russia policy continued.
Donald Trump’s envoy met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo before heading to St Petersburg in diplomatic push