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Trump should telll Americans about “mistaken policy”, neutral Ukraine is good buffer between Russia, EU: Jeffrey Sachs
The News Mill
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August 16, 2025
Renowned economist and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs has said that “a neutral Ukraine” is a good buffer between Russia and the European Union and US President Donald Trump should support any such proposal. In an interview with ANI,...
Stubb, 7 European leaders stress Ukraine's sovereignty after Trump-Putin meeting
Daily Finland
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Published : 17 Aug 2025, 03:33 Updated : 17 Aug 2025, 03:39 President Alexander Stubb and seven European leaders on Saturday stressed that Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be fully respected, following US President Donald...
Trump puts peace onus on Ukraine
Daily Star
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August 16, 2025
Trump and Putin cite progress but offer no details Putin reportedly demanded more Ukrainian land Zelensky to visit Washington on Monday US President Donald Trump yesterday said Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because "Russia...
US cancels India trade talks
Gulf Daily News Online
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THE India-US negotiations for a trade deal, which began in February after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States, have come to a halt, and the US negotiators’ scheduled visit to India later this month stands cancelled, a source...
Joint Statement of Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight on Ukraine
Government Offices of Sweden
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Nordic-Baltic leaders’ statement (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, 10 August 2025). We stand firm in our unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity in the face of...
Trump backs security deal for Ukraine following high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin
New York Post
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August 16, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Trump has committed in principle to providing “security guarantees” to Ukraine to safeguard its frontier from Russia following a possible peace deal, The Post has confirmed. The proposed security guarantees amount to a...
Ukraine will be forced to surrender eastern territory & forget about joining Nato under Trump and Putin’s peace terms
The Sun
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August 16, 2025
STRICKEN Ukraine will be forced to surrender large swathes of its eastern territory and forget about ever joining Nato under peace terms haggled by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The war-torn country’s desire to join the European Union is also...
Ukrainian forces prevented Russian breakthrough in Kupiansk sector
Ukrinform
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August 16, 2025
Ukrainian defense forces in the Kupiansk sector successfully repelled a Russian breakthrough attempt, destroying two tanks and three armored combat vehicles, and inflicting fire damage on approximately 20 enemy infantrymen. According to Ukrinform,...
Trump tells Zelensky Russia is 'very big power' and Ukraine isn't
RNZ
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August 16, 2025
By Steve Holland, Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth, Reuters President Donald Trump’s deadline for Russia to end its war in Ukraine or suffer severe economic punishment expires 8 August, but it’s unclear how he plans to proceed amid new efforts...
Russia, Ukraine and Europe are all trying to manipulate Trump
Financial Review
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August 16, 2025
The worst was avoided. But it was still pretty bad. Before the Anchorage summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the biggest fear for Ukraine was that the American and Russian presidents would emerge brandishing a “peace agreement”....
Putin Proposes, in Return for the Control of the Donbas Region, to Freeze the Frontlines in Ukraine’s Southern Kherson and Zaporozhie, No More Russian Territorial Conquests: REPORT
The Gateway Pundit
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August 16, 2025
Putin reportedly wants Donetsk and Luhanks region, is prepared to relinquish claims over southern regions being disputed. Russia is reportedly easing their territorial demands for peace. In the few hours since the historic Alaska meeting between...
US-Russia trade shows 20% growth under Trump administration: Putin
Zee Business
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August 16, 2025
Trade between Russia and the United States has started to grow under Donald Trump’s presidency, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after meeting his counterpart in Alaska. “When the new administration came to power, the bilateral...
Ukrainians at Irondequoit festival: Peace deal must not involve giving up territory
WHEC 10 - New York
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August 16, 2025
The day's major News events, business reports, sports updates, Rochester area weather information and tomorrow's forecast are presented by the News10NBC Team. IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. – Ukrainians at Irondequoit’s Ukrainian Festival are feeling cautious...
Five out of six S&P500 companies beat EPS estimates this week: Earnings Scorecard
Markets Insider
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August 16, 2025
Torsten Asmus/iStock via Getty Images Wall Street on Friday made solid gains for the week, helped by raised expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and hopes for progress on Russia and Ukraine. Developments between Russia and Ukraine...
Boulder filmmaker lights the match of resistance in Ukraine
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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Six months after the bombs started to fall on Kyiv in 2022, choreographer Yuliia Lopata danced again. Even though her life to that point had been dedicated to the transformative power of dance, there didn’t seem much point to it anymore once...
Baltic & Nordic leaders reaffirm "unwavering support" for Ukraine
Xinhua News Agency
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RIGA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The heads of government of the Baltic and Nordic countries issued a joint statement on Saturday, stressing that only Ukraine can decide its own future and reaffirming their "unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty,...
Ukraine's foreign minister holds talks with counterparts from Poland, Norway
Ukrinform
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held phone calls with his Norwegian and Polish counterparts, discussing security guarantees for Ukraine and international efforts to advance the peace process. According to Ukrinform, Sybiha said on X that...
European leaders pledge to back Ukraine in joint statement on Trump-Putin summit
Aravot
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EU NEIGHBOURS east. European leaders have said they are ready to work with President Trump and President Zelenskyy towards a trilateral summit following the US President’s meeting with the Russian President in Alaska yesterday, but insisted it...
Kurt Volker on US-Ukraine Unity and Alaska Talks Insights
Mezha
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August 16, 2025
In addition, talks were planned in the expanded delegations of the United States and Russia, but they were canceled, writes Wall Street Journal. The former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, after the talks between Donald Trump and...
As long as the killing in Ukraine continues, we stand ready to uphold the pressure on Russia: statement by European leaders
Aravot
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Statement by President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Starmer, President Stubb, Prime Minister Tusk, President Costa, President von der Leyen Early this morning, President Trump debriefed us and President Zelenskyy...