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
Details of the Russian president’s demands for Ukrainian territory come ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday
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
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
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
Chaotic scenes unfolded as press shouted questions at US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin with the world leaders meeting for crunch Ukraine peace talks.
This is the historic moment US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as the world leaders arrived in Alaska for crunch Ukraine peace talks.
Editorial: As the Trump-Putin summit takes place in Alaska, the prospects for a lasting settlement in Ukraine are, at best, only at the ‘end of the beginning’ stage
Clinton, a longtime rival of Trump’s, said she would personally nominate the president for the elusive price if he brokered a peace deal that did not ‘capitulate’ to Putin
Putin’s aggression on the Ukrainian front line has stepped up in the recent weeks, leaving locals with little choice but to flee west. Harry Stourton reports from the eastern town of Dobropillia
John Healey dismissed suggestions that the UK’s approach to the Ukraine war is to ‘watch and wait’ as Russian and American delegations arrived in Alaska for crunch talks
Trump is flying to Anchorage for his meeting with Putin with a team which has no grasp on facts, or truth, and therefore no grasp on reality either, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, says he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and urged Pyongyang to respond to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild trust and revive dialogue
Editorial: When Putin declares victory, as now looks likely, the question of how willing the ‘coalition of the willing’ will be in its continued defence of Ukraine is a crucial one that few seem ready to answer – and one on which Keir Starmer must continue to take a lead
Whatever the fallout from the US-Russia summit in Alaska, the Ukrainian president – his public image and reputation having been forged in conflict – is the only person to shepherd his country into a new era, says Mary Dejevsky
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