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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been largely shunned by the West since his troops attacked Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. That era of isolation came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, when US President Donald Trump picked up the phone.

Two countries’ foreign ministers meet in Moscow and agree there are no obstacles to long-delayed plan

The world is seeing a repeat of Munich 1938, Ukrainians tell world affairs editor Sam Kiley – who recently returned from the country – as they express disgust at Trump’s latest intervention

Russian president will feel momentum has shifted in his favour and that US may help him fulfil Ukraine objectives

European leaders are concerned the US could force Ukraine into a bad peace deal that would leave them sidelined.

France also criticises Trump’s approach to ending war, resting on Kyiv forfeiting territory and Nato membership

Donald Trump's defence chief denied Thursday the US president was betraying Ukraine by opening talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin, as blindsided European powers insisted they and Kyiv must have a seat at the table.

For the young Russians who would once have turned out to Alexei Navalny street rallies in their thousands, the opposition leader's public legacy has faded fast in the year since his death.

Nato chief Mark Rutte, the head of the 32-nation defence bloc Nato, on Thursday insisted that Ukraine must be closely involved in any peace talks.

Here are the key developments on the 1,085th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Wednesday and agreed to immediately start talks to end the Ukraine war, in an extraordinary thaw in relations that could leave Kyiv out in the cold.