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Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Sunday that new diplomatic contacts between Moscow and Washington could resume as early as this week, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Germany has been funding Ukraine's access to a high-speed satellite internet service provided by France's Eutelsat, as Europe looks to diversify beyond Elon Musk's Starlink network, Reuters reported.
A 10% tariff on all exporters to the US that President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday will be "difficult, but not critical" for Ukraine, Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pesko said Wednesday that a visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, in the US for talks with the Trump administration is possible, Reuters reported, signalling possible further warming in US-Russian relations.
Russia can't accept current proposals by the US administration on ending the war in Ukraine in their current form, as they don't address what Russia sees as the "root causes of the conflict," the country's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
Ukraine and the US have already held a first round of consultations on the newest draft of the proposed minerals agreement between the two countries and will continue working to "reach a mutually acceptable text for signing," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Moscow continues to engage with the United States on bilateral relations and a Ukraine peace deal, according to media reports.
Ukraine's GDP warrant was on track on Monday for its biggest daily loss since shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion, as optimism over a US brokered ceasefire waned, Reuters reported.
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was "very angry" and "pi**ed off" at Vladimir Putin after the Russian president said Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky lacks legitimacy to sign a peace deal, NBC News reported, citing a phone interview with Trump.
Ukraine plans to request modifications to US President Donald Trump's expanded economic deal proposal, including a commitment for increased US investment, an unnamed source familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. A draft proposal reviewed by Bloomberg suggests granting Washington control over all major future infrastructure and mineral investments
French President Emmanuel Macron, after hosting a summit of the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' in Paris on Thursday, told reporters that he and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer proposed deploying a "reassurance force" to Ukraine after the war ends. These are not intended to
Ukraine is reviewing the newest version of an economic partnership agreement with the US, and the signing of it may happen as soon as next week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "We have passed along a completed document for the economic partnership (that) is currently being reviewed by
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, located 650 kms southeast of Kyiv along the Dnipro River, is "under Russian jurisdiction" and will not be handed over to Ukraine, the US, or international organizations, Russia's foreign ministry said. The ministry said that joint operation of the facility with another
The unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine would be a key condition for any changes to sanctions, the European Commission told Reuters "The end of the Russian unprovoked and unjustified aggression in Ukraine and unconditional withdrawal of all Russian military forces from the entire territory of Ukraine would
The US said on Tuesday it has reached agreements with Russia and Ukraine for a ceasefire in the Black Sea as well as for the two countries to halt attacks on energy infrastructures. The White House said the US and Russia, as well as separately the US and Ukraine, "
A bipartisan group of US senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the administration to transfer, and push allies to transfer, more than $300 billion of seized Russian assets to help Ukraine. The senators, including Republicans Todd Young and Lindsey Graham, and Democrats Richard Blumenthal and
