Keir Starmer’s commitment to deploy British peacekeepers to Ukraine has raised questions over whether the UK is ready for conflict, Alicja Hagopian writes

Republican insists sanctions could become necessary to punish Kremlin leader for snubbing diplomatic discussions on ending Ukraine war

Lavrov suggests China could participate in ensuring Ukraine’s security guarantees, Russian news agency says

The U.S. won’t send troops, and Russia won’t accept forces from NATO states in Ukraine, writes John Bowden. So what kind of security guarantee is it really?

The president was reaching for a ‘4 More Years’ hat to show the Ukrainian president

Editorial: Following Volodymyr Zelensky’s skilful performance in the White House, supported by an impressive posse of European leaders, the diplomatic focus is firmly – and, for the Russian president, uncomfortably – on Moscow’s next move

British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has met with 30 international leaders to discuss the next steps for ensuring Ukraine’s security

The president of war-torn Ukraine looked shocked when Donald Trump described Washington DC as “the most unsafe place anywhere” during a meeting at the White House.

With Donald Trump pushing for a meeting between the two war time leaders, we look at their last encounter

The sniper was part of the ‘Pryvid’ sniper unit defending the key Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk from advances by Putin’s forces

Giorgia Meloni was heard telling Donald Trump that she never wants to speak to the Italian press during the summit on Ukraine in Washington, DC on Monday, 18 August.

‘The idea has been floated by foreign policy thinkers on the right and left for some time,’ former Republican congressman says

The meeting could happen as soon as within the next two weeks

Russia invaded its sovereign, democratic neighbor in February 2022, sparking the drawn-out war that Trump is now trying to end

It comes after Donald Trump said he had spoken directly with Vladimir Putin to begin planning a meeting between the Russian leader and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky

In the era of the political soundbite, ‘letter diplomacy’ is back, thanks to Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska, whose handwritten missives are having an impact on the Ukraine peace process – and on more than just their intended recipients, says Michael Day

US president suggested brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine would help him ‘get to heaven’

President Trump has repeatedly taken credit for ending wars at a rate of ‘about one a month’ since returning to office in January. James Liddell takes a closer look at the president’s peacemaking record

Moscow launched more than 280 drones and missiles at central Ukraine in its latest attack

French President Emmanuel Macron has addressed Donald Trump’s hot mic remark about a Ukraine peace deal with Russia.

The meeting between the two leaders was more cordial than the shouting match that erupted in February

Our community is divided over Trump’s push for peace talks with Zelensky and Putin. While some feared he would concede too much, others warned that his approach would only embolden Putin

Sir Keir Starmer said ‘real progress’ was made during the crunch talks on Monday

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was caught rolling her eyes at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during the Ukraine peace talks.

Putin and Zelensky could meet within just two weeks as European leaders hail ‘breakthrough’ in Washington

‘Borders change all the time!’ declared the TV anchor as he explained why Volodymyr Zelensky should let Russia keep Crimea and the Donbas

Zelensky said his talks with Trump had been their ‘best’ meeting yet. White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg recaps a historic day at the White House.

It was a sharp contrast to Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump in March, when the vice president berated him for not saying ‘thank you’ enough

Trump’s call to the Moscow mid-session is bad news, Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, says

US president suggests ‘possible territory exchanges’ after Putin summit

‘She’s got a great love of children, she has a wonderful son that she loves probably more than anybody, including me,’ president says

US president whispered that Putin ‘wants to make a deal for me’ before meeting with European leaders in the White House

Editorial: Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies have been presented with a ‘land for peace’ deal – one that guarantees that any peace will be an uneasy one

Sir Keir Starmer praised the White House meeting with eight European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump as a ‘historic step’ towards ending Vladimir Putin’s war

Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump met for a second time in the White House before meeting senior European leaders including Keir Starmer

Trump said he would be discussing the matter with European leaders, including Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer

President enjoys uptick in support after meeting Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on ending Ukraine war

After Friday’s summit in Alaska, all eyes are on Trump to see whether he breaks with Putin in any meaningful way, writes John Bowden

‘It’s amazing,’ the biker told Russian state media

Sir Keir Starmer released a video message while flying to Washington, D.C., ahead of his planned meeting with Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sir Keir Starmer repeated his vow that Britain is prepared to put troops on the ground in Ukraine

The Ukrainian President has not worn a suit since the beginning of Putin’s invasion in February 2022

The delegation of European leaders who will fight Zelensky’s corner as the US president decides Ukraine’s fate could still play a blinder – but however heartening the show of solidarity, they are but supplicants, says Sean O’Grady

Ukraine and democracy itself are in the crosshairs of Putin’s greatest asset - Donald Trump - and Europe’s in a panic, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The area has become the focal point of escalating tensions between Russia and the West

Watch live as Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meet at the White House for crucial Ukraine talks on Monday, 18 August.

President ricochets from one topic to another on Truth Social ahead of latest pivotal Ukraine talks

Trump says location to be determined for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky

Trump’s meeting with Putin rolled back key red lines that Zelensky says Ukraine won’t cross. But Europe could be relying on Trump to flip-flop once again, writes John Bowden

‘You can’t cut a deal with a guy like this,’ said Rubio of Vladimir Putin shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Putin came to America for a ‘photo opp’ and legitimization, and received both from Trump, says Murphy

Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Washington alongside a host of European leaders in a show of solidarity with Zelensky

Ukrainians have reacted with anger to the welcome received by Russian president Vladimir Putin as he arrived in Alaska for a summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday (15 Aug).

The Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in the Donbas region form the industrial heartland of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has described his talks with Donald Trump in Alaska as “very frank” and said both sides expressed a shared interest in ending the war in Ukraine.

The growing use of FPVs has made moving the wounded between points more difficult

The first lady’s letter addressed the “plight of children in Ukraine and Russia”

Trump’s problem with Zelensky is personal but, as World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley explains, he may finally understand that Ukraine cannot be handed to Putin

Pages found at Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage before high-stakes meeting between two global leaders

Details of the Russian president’s demands for Ukrainian territory come ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday

Editorial: Donald Trump appears to be urging Volodymyr Zelensky to give up land for peace

He may have helped to persuade Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine, but for all his energy devoted to foreign policy, the PM has gained no credit for it at home, writes John Rentoul

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meeting Trump in Washington next week after the Alaska summit ended without a deal

The Russian president has been accused of unlawfully deporting children and transferring them from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia

If Vladimir Putin was hoping Donald Trump was still on his side against Ukraine, he left their summit very disappointed, Andrew Feinberg reports from Anchorage, Alaska

‘Putin achieved most of what he wanted and Trump achieved very little,’ the U.S. president’s former national security adviser John Bolton said

A nebulous amount of ‘progress’ has been made, and the two might meet again. But it’s pretty clear here that Trump got played in Alaska, writes Holly Baxter — and Putin got exactly what he came for

Putin humiliated Trump and failed to agreed a ceasefire. Now the US president has to sell that to his allies, explains World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

The unsubstantiated argument is one Trump has repeated many times since he decided to run again last year

Putin and Trump emerged after closed-door talks in Anchorage, Alaska, stretched almost three hours