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UK's gaps in Arctic defence leave it open to Russian attacks, committee warns
A report by MPs urges the UK to address capability gaps including a lack of Royal Navy warships and submarines, as Russia seeks to dominate the region.
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Ukraine’s Pavlohrad refuses to yield to Putin despite unrelenting bombardment
In Pavlohrad, a Ukrainian city less than 90km from the front line with Russia, there is no respite from war. Residents describe daily life under bombardment, caught between exhaustion and determination. Amid criticism of Trump, TikTok rumours and strikes against civilians, FRANCE 24 gathered accounts from those who “refuse to yield”.
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Ukraine, Russia trade strikes after Witkoff talks
Soon after Putin and Zelenskyy expressed willingness to resume US-mediated talks, Russia and Ukraine traded major attacks on each other's capitals.
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Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after 4 years behind bars
Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after 4 years behind bars
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Will Russia’s diesel shipment to the US lower prices before midterms?
Moscow dispatches its inaugural diesel shipment to the US, aiming to ease fuel shortages as midterm elections loom.
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Rosenberg: Russia agrees to Ukraine talks but sees little to talk about in new peace push
President Vladimir Putin does not feel under pressure right now to end the war, the BBC's Russia Editor writes.
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Putin agrees to resume three-way talks with Kyiv and Washington
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine supported a US proposal for three-way talks with Russia and the United States at the level of negotiators to be held as soon as possible, preferably no later than early November. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, says that "it's not clear whether Putin would meet Trump and Zelensky", adding that "meeting Zelensky is the last thing that Putin would be prepared to do".
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Russia willing to resume peace talks with Ukraine, US after Witkoff visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled Moscow is willing in principle to resume talks with Ukraine and the US.
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Kremlin says 'ready' to resume 3-way talks with US and Ukraine mid-November
Moscow is ready to resume trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia talks next month, the Kremlin said Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin met with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Russia. FRANCE 24's correspondent Gulliver Cragg has more.
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Missiles hit Kyiv after Russia agrees to US call to resume Ukraine peace talks
Moscow says it is "ready in principle" to resume peace talks and US President Donald Trump says the world is "the closest we've been" to ending the war.
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How Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russia crippled the world’s second-largest diesel supplier
President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for surging diesel prices that are hurting Republicans' election chances with the midterms just two weeks away.
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Russia arrests German man, calls him a Ukraine 'mercenary'
Russian FSB agents have arrested a German national and accused him of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine's military. They claim he deserted over unpaid wages and say he was a sniper who once served in the Bundeswehr.
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Russia releases American Stephen Hubbard after four years in prison
Hubbard was jailed after being accused of fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia.
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US envoy Witkoff calls Russia’s Putin a ‘humanitarian’
US envoy Steve Witkoff praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a ‘humanitarian’.
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Russia to send first diesel tanker to the US amid Trump deal
Russia will send on Thursday its first diesel tanker to the US to an undisclosed port.
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Ukraine and Russia both say ready to resume trilateral talks with US
Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday said they are both ready to resume trilateral talks with the United States. The news comes after US envoy Steve Witkoff separately met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on two consecutive days.
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Ukraine talks: US envoy meets Vladimir Putin in Russia
US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as US President Donald Trump pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting. The day before, the American official had met with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo, Norway. Details by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Philip Turle.
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US envoy Steve Witkoff thanks Vladimir Putin for diesel deal at Ukraine talks in Russia
US envoy Steve Witkoff is in Saint Petersburg, holding talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin. The face to face meeting comes after he met with Ukraine's president and other European leaders in Oslo. Witkoff is due to return to the Norwegian capital after his visit to Russia. Washington seeks to breathe new life into US-led efforts to end the war. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor, Kethevane Gorjestani.
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Russia frees jailed American Stephen Hubbard during Witkoff talks
During talks between Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff, Putin announced that jailed American Stephen Hubbard had been released. The Kremlin also said Russia was "in principle" ready to resume trilateral talks next month.
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Russia frees jailed American Stephen Hubbard, US envoy says
After the meeting, Putin announced the release of Stephen Hubbard, an American taken captive by Russian forces years ago in Ukraine.